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Winfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in south-central Kansas, in the central United States. The population was estimated to be 11,861 in the year 2005. It is the county seat and most populous city of Cowley County.

Winfield is home to Southwestern College, a four-year private Methodist college. The city is well known for hosting the Walnut Valley Festival, a large bluegrass and acoustic music festival, on the third weekend of every September. The fictional castaway Mary Ann Summers hailed from Winfield.

Winfield is located at 37.247889, -96.980672. The city is situated along the Walnut River at its confluence with Timber Creek. It is located 17 miles north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state border at the junction of U.S. Route 77 and U.S. Route 160. State highway route 15 follows US-77 to the north of the city and US-160 to the east. State highway route 360 is a bypass around the southeastern part of the city between US-77 and US-160. Arkansas City is 13 miles south of Winfield along US-77, and Strother Field, a general aviation airport, is about five miles south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 33.0 km² (12.8 mi²), of which 28.6 km² (11.1 mi²) is land and 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²), or 13.25%, is water.

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