{"id":811,"date":"2023-01-20T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=811"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:09","slug":"cheyenne-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/cheyenne-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne County, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheyenne County is a county in Colorado, United States, on the high plains near the Kansas border. It had a population of 1,748 at the 2020 census and covers 1,781 square miles (4,610 km2), centred near 38\u00b049\u2032N 102\u00b035\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne Wells is the county seat, and its postal code is 80810. The county has two incorporated towns, one census-designated place, and several unincorporated communities. It sits in the Mountain time zone and carries FIPS code 08017.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Cheyenne County<\/h2>\n<p>Six named places appear on the map of Cheyenne County: two incorporated towns, one census-designated place, and three unincorporated communities. CDP = Census Designated Place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cheyenne Wells<\/td>\n<td>Town &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>80810<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kit Carson<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>80825<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arapahoe<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>80802<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wild Horse<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>80862<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aroya<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Firstview<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aroya and Firstview have no dedicated ZIP code and are served by nearby post offices. The old county listing also carried entries for &#8220;Fort Big Spring,&#8221; &#8220;Mount Pearl,&#8221; and &#8220;Old Wells&#8221; &mdash; these do not correspond to any verifiable current or historic Cheyenne County place name and are omitted here.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>80810 &mdash; Cheyenne Wells (also serves Firstview)<\/li>\n<li>80825 &mdash; Kit Carson<\/li>\n<li>80802 &mdash; Arapahoe<\/li>\n<li>80862 &mdash; Wild Horse (PO Box)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aroya mail is typically routed through one of the county&#8217;s other post offices rather than a ZIP code of its own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Cheyenne County sits on the unglaciated high plains of eastern Colorado, a landscape of shortgrass prairie and dryland farm ground broken by shallow draws. Elevation ranges from about 4,460 feet along the eastern edge to 5,255 feet at Bledsoe Ranch in the northwest corner. The Smoky Hill River trail crosses the county&#8217;s north, and most other watercourses are intermittent creeks that run only after snowmelt or heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kit-carson-county\/\">Kit Carson County<\/a> borders it to the north, Kansas&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wallace-county\/\">Wallace County<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/greeley-county\/\">Greeley County<\/a> lie to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kiowa-county\/\">Kiowa County<\/a> is to the south, and Lincoln County borders it to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The county&#8217;s population was 1,748 at the 2020 census, giving a density of roughly one person per square mile &mdash; one of the lowest densities in Colorado. Cheyenne Wells, the seat, is home to nearly two-thirds of county residents; Kit Carson is the second-largest community. Cheyenne County&#8217;s median household income runs below the Colorado median of $92,911, typical of the state&#8217;s sparsely populated eastern plains counties.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Dryland wheat and sorghum farming and cattle ranching anchor the local economy, supplemented by oil and gas activity and wind-energy leasing on the plains. Cheyenne County School District RE-5 serves the county from Cheyenne Wells. The Cheyenne County Fair, held each summer in Cheyenne Wells, remains the county&#8217;s largest annual gathering.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Cheyenne County was organized on March 25, 1889, carved from portions of Bent and Elbert counties by the Colorado legislature. It takes its name from the Cheyenne people, who ranged across eastern Colorado before the reservation era. Kit Carson, in the county&#8217;s north, was a Kansas Pacific Railway railhead and briefly a rowdy end-of-track cattle town in the late 1860s, predating the county&#8217;s own formation by two decades.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 40, U.S. Route 287, and U.S. Route 385 cross the county, along with State Highways 59 and 94.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burlington, Colorado &mdash; about 30 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Limon, Colorado &mdash; about 50 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Lamar, Colorado &mdash; about 55 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Colby, Kansas &mdash; about 45 miles northeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Colorado Springs Airport, roughly two hours west.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Cheyenne County, Colorado?<\/strong><br \/>It is on the state&#8217;s eastern plains near the Kansas border, about 165 miles southeast of Denver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Cheyenne County?<\/strong><br \/>1,748 people at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Cheyenne County?<\/strong><br \/>1,781 square miles (4,610 km2), making it one of Colorado&#8217;s larger counties by land area despite its small population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Cheyenne County?<\/strong><br \/>Cheyenne Wells is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Cheyenne County?<\/strong><br \/>Two incorporated towns &mdash; Cheyenne Wells and Kit Carson &mdash; plus the CDP of Arapahoe and a few unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Cheyenne County?<\/strong><br \/>80810 (Cheyenne Wells), 80825 (Kit Carson), 80802 (Arapahoe), and 80862 (Wild Horse).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where does the county&#8217;s name come from?<\/strong><br \/>It is named for the Cheyenne people, who historically ranged across the eastern Colorado plains.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/colorado\/\">Towns and villages in Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheyenne County is a county in Colorado, United States, on the high plains near the Kansas border. It had a population of 1,748 at the 2020 census and covers 1,781 square miles (4,610 km2), centred near 38\u00b049\u2032N 102\u00b035\u2032W. Cheyenne Wells is the county seat, and its postal code is 80810. 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