{"id":858,"date":"2023-01-23T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=858"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:45:40","slug":"kiowa-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kiowa-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiowa County, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiowa County is a county in Colorado, United States, on the shortgrass plains along the Kansas state line. It had a population of 1,446 at the 2020 census and covers 1,786 square miles (4,626 km2) centred near 38°26′N 102°44′W.<\/p>\n

Eads is the county seat, and its postal code is 81036. The county has 3 incorporated towns, 2 census-designated places, and 2 unincorporated communities, no civil townships, and sits in the Mountain Time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Kiowa County<\/h2>\n

Kiowa County has seven named places on the map, most clustered along U.S. Route 287\/385 or the old Missouri Pacific rail line. Only Eads, Haswell, and Sheridan Lake are incorporated towns; Brandon and Towner are census-designated places; Arlington and Chivington are unincorporated.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Eads<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n562<\/td>\n81036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheridan Lake<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n81071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haswell<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n81045<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towner<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arlington<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chivington<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two names from older place lists for this county — Galatea and Hawkins — and a third, Stuart, do not appear in current gazetteer or postal records as active Kiowa County places and are omitted here rather than repeated unverified.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n