{"id":920,"date":"2023-02-01T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=920"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:13","slug":"sedgwick-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sedgwick-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedgwick County, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sedgwick County is a county in Colorado, United States, tucked into the state&#8217;s northeastern corner against the Nebraska line. It had a population of 2,404 at the 2020 census and covers 549 square miles (1,420 km2) centred near 40\u00b053\u2032N 102\u00b021\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Julesburg is the county seat, and its postal code is 80737. The county has three incorporated towns &mdash; Julesburg, Ovid, and Sedgwick &mdash; plus a handful of rural crossroads and no other organized communities. It sits in the Mountain time zone and is Colorado&#8217;s northernmost county along the South Platte valley.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Sedgwick County<\/h2>\n<p>All three of the county&#8217;s towns are incorporated; there are no census-designated places. Julesburg, the seat, is a home-rule city; Ovid and Sedgwick are statutory towns.<\/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>Julesburg<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>1,307<\/td>\n<td>80737<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ovid<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>271<\/td>\n<td>80744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>172<\/td>\n<td>80749<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Julesburg sits less than a mile south of the Nebraska line and is Colorado&#8217;s northernmost incorporated town, a legacy of its position on the old Union Pacific main line and the Overland Trail.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>80737 &mdash; Julesburg (also serves surrounding rural northeast Sedgwick County)<\/li>\n<li>80744 &mdash; Ovid<\/li>\n<li>80749 &mdash; Sedgwick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scattered farms outside the three towns generally use whichever ZIP covers the nearest post office.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County lies on the high plains of the South Platte River valley, which crosses the county from southwest to northeast on its way into Nebraska. The land is flat to gently rolling, split between irrigated bottomland along the river and dryland wheat and grazing country on the surrounding tablelands. Land makes up 548 of the county&#8217;s 549 square miles, with 1.4 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p>Across the Nebraska state line to the north and east lie Cheyenne, Deuel, and Perkins counties. Within Colorado, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/logan-county-colorado\/\">Logan County<\/a> borders Sedgwick to the west and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/phillips-county-colorado\/\">Phillips County<\/a> borders it to the south. The South Platte&#8217;s course through the county created the fertile irrigated bottomland that supports most of the local farm economy, while the tableland above the river breaks give way to the shortgrass prairie typical of Colorado&#8217;s eastern plains.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The county&#8217;s 2,404 residents at the 2020 census were concentrated in Julesburg (1,307) and Ovid (271), with the town of Sedgwick (172) and rural residents making up the remainder. Median household income runs well below the Colorado median of $92,911 &mdash; typical for a sparsely populated agricultural county on the eastern plains. Population density is 4.39 people per square mile, and the county is entirely rural under Census Bureau classification.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture drives the local economy: irrigated corn, wheat, and alfalfa along the South Platte bottomland, and dryland wheat and cattle grazing on the tablelands above it. Interstate 76 and the Union Pacific main line, both following the historic river and rail corridor through Julesburg, carry freight traffic through the county and support trucking and rail-adjacent jobs. County government and the local school district are among the largest employers in a county this small. Julesburg&#8217;s Depot Museum, housed in the former Union Pacific station, anchors the town&#8217;s small tourism trade, and the annual Sedgwick County Fair remains the biggest community event on the local calendar.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County was organized on April 9, 1889, and named for Fort Sedgwick, the military post built nearby on the Platte Trail and itself named for Union Army Major General John Sedgwick, killed at Spotsylvania in 1864. The area&#8217;s history predates the county: the Pony Express and the Overland Trail passed through, and the Battle of Julesburg was fought here on January 7, 1865, when an estimated one thousand Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota warriors attacked the settlement in retaliation for the Sand Creek Massacre. The Union Pacific&#8217;s arrival in the late 1860s made Julesburg a rough-and-tumble railhead town before the line moved on and the community settled into its role as a farming-trade center.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 76 runs the length of the county, joined by US Highway 138 and US Highway 385 through Julesburg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sterling, Colorado &mdash; 45 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Sidney, Nebraska &mdash; 25 miles east<\/li>\n<li>North Platte, Nebraska &mdash; 90 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Denver, Colorado &mdash; 150 miles southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Denver International Airport, about 150 miles southwest, is the nearest major commercial airport; smaller regional airports in Nebraska serve the immediate area for general aviation.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in the northeastern corner of Colorado, on the Nebraska state line along the South Platte River.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>2,404 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>549 square miles (1,420 km2), of which 548 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>Julesburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>Three incorporated towns: Julesburg, Ovid, and Sedgwick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>80737 (Julesburg), 80744 (Ovid), and 80749 (Sedgwick).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Sedgwick County named Sedgwick?<\/strong><br \/>For Fort Sedgwick, a nearby military post named after Union Army Major General John Sedgwick.<\/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>Sedgwick County is a county in Colorado, United States, tucked into the state&#8217;s northeastern corner against the Nebraska line. It had a population of 2,404 at the 2020 census and covers 549 square miles (1,420 km2) centred near 40\u00b053\u2032N 102\u00b021\u2032W. Julesburg is the county seat, and its postal code is 80737. 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