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==History== Colwich was founded in 1887.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n388 392]}}</ref> The name is a [[portmanteau]] of Colorado and Wichita, or the Colorado & Wichita Railroad.<ref>Temple, Robert D. ''Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places'', (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, {{ISBN|978-0-595-47758-6}}, page 324.</ref>
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