Winfield, Kansas

**Winfield** is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States.  It is on the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. In 2020 11,777 people lived there. It is the second biggest city in Cowley County.

### 19th century

Winfield was created in 1870. It was named after Rev. Winfield Scott. He said he would build a church for the town if the people would name the city after him.  The first post office at Winfield was created in May 1870.

## Geography

Winfield is located  north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state border. It is at the junction of U.S. Routes 77 and 160. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says there were 11,777 people, 4,532 households, and 2,653 families living in Winfield. Of the households, 57.4% owned their home and 42.6% rented their home.

The median age was 38.3 years. Of the people, 80.3% were White, 4.1% were Black, 3.5% were Asian, 1.5% were Native American, 0.7% were Pacific Islanders, 2.4% were from some other race, and 7.5% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.8% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says there were 12,301 people, 4,600 households, and 2,848 families living in Winfield.

## Other websites

- Winfield City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Winfield, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and county seat
- **image skyline**: Downtown winfield june 2023.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Winfield in June 2023
- **image map**: Cowley_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Winfield_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Cowley Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Walnut Township, Cowley County, Kansas, Walnut, Vernon Township, Cowley County, Kansas, Vernon,  Pleasant Valley Township, Cowley County, Kansas, P.V.
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1870
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1873
- **named for**: Winfield Scott (chaplain), Winfield Scott
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City manager
- **area total sq mi**: 12.51
- **area land sq mi**: 11.14
- **area water sq mi**: 1.37
- **area total km2**: 32.41
- **area land km2**: 28.86
- **area water km2**: 3.55
- **area water percent**: 10.60
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1139
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 11777
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67156
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-79950
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485663