Uptown
Neighborhood
Coordinates: 37°41′24″N 97°18′16″W / 37.69000°N 97.30444°W / 37.69000; -97.30444
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Sedgwick
City	Wichita
Elevation	1,310 ft (400 m)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,478
ZIP code	67214
Area code	316

Uptown is a neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas, United States.^[2] A mixed commercial and residential area, it is located in the east-central part of the city.^[3]

Uptown is located at 37°41′24″N 97°18′16″W / 37.69000°N 97.30444°W / 37.69000; -97.30444 (37.69, -97.304444) at an elevation of 1,310 ft (400 m).^[4] It consists of the area between Central Avenue in the north and Douglas Avenue in the south and between Grove Street in the west and Hillside Street in the east.^[3] Uptown borders The Elm neighborhood to the north, College Hill to the east, East Front to the south, and New Salem to the west.^[2]

For the purposes of representation on the Wichita City Council, Uptown is in Council District 1.^[5]

For the purposes of representation in the Kansas Legislature, Uptown is in the 29th district of the Kansas Senate and in the 84th district of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[6][7]

The offices of The Community Voice, a newspaper aimed at the local African American community, are located on East Douglas Avenue in Uptown.^[8]

The City of Wichita’s Park and Recreation Department maintains one park in the neighborhood, Chautauqua Park. Converted to a 0.5-acre (0.20 ha) park from a house lot in 1999, it is on the 200 block of North Chautaqua Street just south of a bicycle/pedestrian path that runs from Lorraine to Interstate 135 several blocks west of Uptown. The park includes a children’s playground.^[9]

All the main streets in Uptown run along its periphery: Central Avenue, which runs east-west along its northern border; Hillside Street, which runs north-south along its eastern side; Grove Street, which runs north-south along its western side; and Douglas Avenue, which runs east-west along its southern border.^[3]

Wichita Transit offers bus service in Uptown on its 21, 24, and 25 routes.^[10] On Fridays and Saturdays, the Douglas route of the free Q-Line trolley also services the neighborhood.^[11]