Hutchinson, KS Real Estate — Homes For Sale in Hutchinson, KS

Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas, United States and located on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch". Each year, Hutchinson hosts the Kansas State Fair, and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Basketball Tournament. It is the home of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center aerospace museum and Strataca (formerly known as Kansas Underground Salt Museum). The city of Hutchinson was founded in 1871, when frontiersman Clinton "C.C." Hutchinson contracted with the Santa Fe Railway to make a town at the railroad's crossing over the Arkansas River. The town actually sprang up about one-half mile north, on the banks of Cow Creek, where a few houses already existed. C.C. Hutchinson later founded the Reno County Bank in 1873, and by 1878 had erected the state's first water-mill at Hutchinson. The community earned the nickname "Temperance City" due to the prohibition of alcohol set by its founder. Hutchinson was incorporated as a third class city in August 1872. In 1887, local salt deposits were discovered for the first time, when Ben Blanchard, a land speculator who founded South Hutchinson, drilled for oil in the area. Salt mining would become a major industry in Hutchinson, with the city eventually earning the nickname "Salt City." Hutchinson had been holding county fairs since 1873. By 1900 many referred to the Hutchinson fair as the Kansas State Fair, even though there was no state supported Kansas State Fair yet. In 1913, after lobbying in the Kansas Legislature, Hutchinson gifted the State of Kansas the land that became the Kansas State Fairgrounds. The official Kansas State Fair has been held in Hutchinson ever since. On June 21, 2013, following a grassroots campaign in an effort to promote Smallville Con, a comic-book convention hosted at the Kansas State Fair, the mayor of Hutchinson decreed the city's name would be changed to "Smallville" for one day in honor of Superman's fictional Kansas hometown of the same name. The tradition has continued every year coinciding with the convention for two days every June. Some of the top attractions in Hutchinson include: Strataca, the Sand Hills State Park, Dillon Nature Center, Cosmosphere, State Fair, Hutchinson Zoo, Stage 9, Salt City Brewery and Bear Blessings Antique shoppe. less

My home town, Hutchinson, a community of 40,000+. It's home to familiar names like the Dillons, Careys and Krause's. It's home to the Cosmosphere Space and Underground Salt Museums, the world's longest grain elevator, the Kansas State Fair, Fox Theater and more. There's an awesome downtown shopping district with antique shops, boutiques, book stores, and locally owned restaurants, cafes and coffee shops! We offer a good school system and it's easy to get around. And it's home to Coldwell Banker Americana! :-) Hutchinson, KS ... it's a great place to live! (Some early facts: Hutchinson was founded in 1871 by Clinton "C.C." Hutchinson and incorporated in August, 1872. Salt was discovered in Reno County by Benjamin Blanchard in 1887. Hutchinson soon became home of the first salt-processing plants west of the Mississippi River.) less

Hutchinson has fabulous neighborhood parks, bicycling trails, and green spaces galore. Bicycling to the farmers market, hitting the George Pyle Trail for miles and miles of cycling along the Arkansas River or through open fields, you're sure to find access to green space in every neighborhood in town. Historic renovations of many downtown properties and beautiful facades welcome shoppers and strollers. Find restaurants and bars; theatre, music and stage plays; friendly welcoming faces as you go. less