Kiowa, Colorado

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Kiowa is a home rule municipality town and the county seat of Elbert County, Colorado, United States.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The town population was 725 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name="Census 2020" />

History

The town was named for the Kiowa people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Settled in 1859, it was originally named "Wendling" after an early settler.<ref name="town">Template:Cite web</ref> It was called "Middle Kiowa" from the 1860s until 1912,<ref name="town"/> when it was incorporated and the word "Middle" was dropped.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It became the county seat of Elbert County in 1874.<ref name="town"/> Kiowa suffered from major flooding in 1935.<ref name="town"/>

Geography

Kiowa is located in western Elbert County at Template:Coord (39.344207, −104.462714),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> on the east side of Kiowa Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the South Platte River. Colorado State Highway 86 passes through the town, leading east Template:Convert to Limon and west Template:Convert to Castle Rock. The town of Elizabeth is Template:Convert west on SH 86.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Kiowa has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>