Kiowa

Kiowa is a home rule municipality town and the county seat of Elbert County, Colorado,

History

The town was named for the Kiowa people. Settled in 1859, it was originally named "Wendling" after an early settler. It was called "Middle Kiowa" from the 1860s until 1912, when it was incorporated and the word "Middle" was dropped.[ It became the county seat of Elbert County in 1874. Kiowa suffered from major flooding in 1935.The town population was 725 at the 2020 United States census.

Geography

Kiowa is located in western Elbert County at 39°20′39″N 104°27′46″W (39.344207, −104.462714), on the east side of Kiowa Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the South Platte River. Kiowa occupies .86 square miles of land. Kiowa’s elevation is 6378 ft.

Comment

Kiowa, while named after the Kiowa Indians, as is Kiowa County in Colorado, the town of Kiowa is NOT in Kiowa county