McCormick is a mixed residential and industrial

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in Wichita,

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. It lies in the west-central part of the city on the south side of

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Geography

McCormick is located at (37.6725, -97.354444) at an elevation of . It consists of the area between Bonn Street in the west and the

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in the east and between

in the north and Harry Street in the south. McCormick borders the Delano neighborhood to the north, South Central across the river to the east, and Stanley/Aley to the south and west.

Government

For the purposes of representation on the Wichita City Council, McCormick is in Council District 4. For the purposes of representation in the

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, McCormick is in the 25th district of the Kansas Senate and the 95th district of the

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Education

The campus of Wichita West High School, part of

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, is located in McCormick on South Osage Street.

Transportation

McCormick Street is the primary east–west road through the neighborhood; Seneca Street is the main north–south road. Other arterial roads include McLean Boulevard which runs north–south along the west bank of the Arkansas River.

runs east–west as the Kellogg Avenue freeway along the north side of the neighborhood, accessible via interchanges at Seneca and Sycamore Street. Wichita Transit offers bus service in McCormick on its 16 route.

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operates a freight rail line which runs east-southwest through southeastern McCormick.

References

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