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Derby is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States and the largest suburb of Wichita. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 22,158.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table )〕 ==History== In 1870, settlers John Haufbauer and J.H. Minich built the first houses, smithies, and general stores on the site that would become Derby. In 1871, the community was named El Paso, after El Paso, Illinois, and was laid out and platted. In 1880, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway changed the name of their station to Derby, after railroad official C. F. Derby, to avoid confusion with El Paso, Texas. Derby remained largely a rural community until after World War II. The aviation industry had begun its growth in Wichita during the 1920s, but when the demands of the war required more airplanes, businesses like Boeing, Cessna, and Beechcraft flourished. Derby, twelve miles south of Wichita, provided a place for workers to live once the city had filled. Throughout the Cold War, Boeing maintained military contracts and kept jobs nearby. In 1950, the community population was 432; in 1956, it had reached 5000 people. In 1952, the United States Air Force took over Wichita Municipal Airport and renamed it McConnell Air Force Base. The base sat between Wichita and Derby. Many servicemen and women found homes in Derby when space on base became occupied. The city name was not officially changed to Derby until 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derby, Kansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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