Maize, Kansas Maize, Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Maize is a town/city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a suburb of Wichita. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 3,420. Maize, derived from a Native American word for "corn", was so titled because it is positioned inside the Corn Belt. Neiderlander, established Maize in 1886 at the first stop outside of Wichita on the Wichita and Colorado Railway.
Maize's first school opened in 1887; its first journal opened in 1895.
Maize State Bank, the town's first financial institution, opened in 1901, and, by 1908, a company improve had emerged.
In 1915, the Maize Town Company dissolved, and Maize was incorporated as a city. Maize began to expanded quickly in 1950, more than doubling in size by 1956. This expansion has continued, accelerating in recent years as Wichita has period to the northwest, and transformed Maize into a suburb. Maize is positioned at 37 46 45 N 97 28 2 W (37.779178, -97.467267) at an altitude of 1,348 feet (411 m). It lies on the west side of Big Slough Creek roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the Arkansas River in the Wellington-Mc - Pherson Lowlands region of the Great Plains.
Located in south-central Kansas, Maize is on K-96 immediately northwest of Wichita.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.84 square miles (22.90 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,420 citizens , 1,172 homeholds, and 942 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.3% White, 1.5% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other competitions, and 3.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,172 homeholds of which 49.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 19.6% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 30.7 years.
34.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.7% were from 25 to 44; 21.8% were from 45 to 64; and 8.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,868 citizens , 632 homeholds, and 523 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.47% White, 0.96% African American, 1.23% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.91% from other competitions, and 3.10% from two or more competitions.
There were 632 homeholds out of which 49.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 17.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 34.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Maize Unified School District 266 operates ten schools in and around the city: Maize Central Elementary School (K-5) Maize Elementary School (K-1) Maize South Elementary School (2-5) Maize Middle School (6-8) Maize South Middle School (6-8) Maize High School (9-12) Maize South High School (9-12) Complete High School Maize (9-12), alternative school The Hutchinson line of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad runs southeast-northwest through Maize.
Maize Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport positioned two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) southeast of the central company precinct of Maize.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present.
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