Dodge City
city in and county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. Named after nearby Fort Dodge, the city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West.[4][5][6] As of the 2020 census, there were 27,788 people who lived in the city.[3]
Dodge City | |
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Coordinates: 37°45′35″N 100°1′6″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Ford |
Government | |
• Mayor | Chuck Taylor[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 14.821 sq mi (38.39 km2) |
• Land | 14.716 sq mi (38.11 km2) |
• Water | 0.105 sq mi (0.27 km2) |
Population (2020)[3] | |
• Total | 27,788 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Website | www |
In the 1880s Dodge City became a boomtown, with thousands of cattle passing annually through its stockyards. The peak years of the cattle trade in Dodge City were from 1883 to 1884. During that time the town grew tremendously. Dodge City had more famous (and infamous) gunfighters working at one time or another than any other town in the West, many of whom participated in the Dodge City War of 1883. It also boasted the usual array of saloons, gambling halls, and brothels: they were set up to separate a cowboy from his hard-earned cash. Famous were the Long Branch Saloon and the China Doll brothel.