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Place Name
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Dodge City
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Ford County
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Population
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21,129 (1990)
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Location
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Ford County, Kansas (KS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°45'N
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Longitude
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100°01'W
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Dodge City
, city (1990 pop. 21,129),  Ford co., SW
Kansas, on the Arkansas R.; elev.
2,484 ft/757 m; 37°45'N 100°01'W. RR
junction. Distributing center for an extensive wheat and livestock
area. Mfg. (truck, farm machinery, gears, printing and publishing, meat
packing, feeds, fertilizers, agr. equip.). Laid out in 1872 near Fort
Dodge (1864) on the old Santa Fe Trail, it flourished as the Santa Fe
RR head and became a wild cow town; Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were
among those who helped to curb lawlessness. Fort Dodge has become a
soldiers' home. The city hall, formerly located on Boot Hill, an early
cowboy burial ground, has been removed to permit enlargement of that
tourist attraction. Front Street, with its famous Long Branch Saloon,
has been restored. Dodge City Community Col. holds an annual rodeo.
Inc. 1875.
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