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Great Bend city (1990 pop. 15,427), seat of Barton co., central Kans., on a bend in the Arkansas River; settled and inc. 1872. It is a trade and shipping center for a wheat and oil region. Alfalfa pellets and farm machinery are manufactured. Great Bend was located on the old Santa Fe Trail .

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Great Bend, USA 1. Kansas: founded in 1871 and named after the great bend in the Arkansas River here.2. Pennsylvania: named after the bend in the Susquehanna River here.

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