Eastborough, Kansas

at , Eastborough , 67206-67208 United States

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Eastborough is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a suburb of Wichita. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 773. Eastborough is entirely enclosed within the city of Wichita.HistoryEastborough was originally envisioned by Burdon Hunter, a British architect. The first development in the Eastborough area began in 1929, but the discovery of oil in the area postponed its establishment until the middle of the 1930s. Sale of Eastborough Village started April 10, 1929. It was planned to incorporate when the first thirty homes were completed. Although Eastborough found itself in disputes with the neighboring Woodlawn subdivision, i. e. they could not agree upon a name for the street between them. The disputes were resolved after the two agreed to apply together for incorporation. Eastborough and Woodlawn were incorporated as the city of Eastborough on June 1, 1937.Eastborough's location near a major shopping center in Wichita (Towne East Square) caused a bit of friction between residents of Wichita and Eastborough in the 1980s through the 1990s as traffic to and from Towne East Square often would go through Eastborough (and be ticketed for exceeding Eastborough's 20 mile per hour speed limit). This was allieviated when Wichita upgraded Kellogg Avenue U.S. Route 54 such that Eastborough was no longer the best route to Towne East. It should be noted, however, that Eastborough retains its 20-mile per hour speed limit on Douglas Avenue, a four lane divided highway, and routinely monitors Douglas Avenue for unsuspecting motorists who do not realize the speed limit dropped from 35 miles per hour outside Eastborough.

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Eastborough, Kansas is Wichita based place and this enity listed in City category. 67206-67208.