Winfield, Kansas

====Aviation industry====
The aircraft manufacturing industry in nearby [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] ({{convert|40|mi|disp=or|abbr=on}} to the north)—one of the world's principal aircraft-manufacturing centers—provided employment for many Winfield residents, directly and indirectly. That opportunity grew substantially in the last half of the century, as [[General Electric]]'s [[GE Aviation]] division, in the late 1940s, began producing engines for Wichita aircraft, and eventually in the 1960s, one of Wichita's principal manufacturers, [[Cessna Aircraft Company]] built a factory at Winfield's [[Strother Field]].