Bentley, Kansas

Bentley is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.

[4] It is located northwest of Wichita, approximately 4 miles north of K-96 highway at the intersection of 151st W & 109th N. In 1887, the Kansas Midland Railway was built from Wichita to Ellsworth, a distance of 107 miles, and the building of this line bisected Eagle township and established a depot and town on section 11, Eagle township.

[5] The Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980, later it abandoned the line in 1994.

It is named in honor of the city's founder Orsemus Hills Bentley,[2] a railroad official from Wichita.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.30 square miles (0.78 km2), all of it land.

[9] The 2020 United States census counted 560 people, 205 households, and 154 families in Bentley.

There were 217 housing units at an average density of 713.8 per square mile (275.6/km2).

21.0% of households consisted of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 221 housing units at an average density of 736.7 per square mile (284.4/km2).

24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Map of Kansas highlighting Sedgwick County
Map of Kansas highlighting Sedgwick County