Sedan, Kansas

**Sedan** is the biggest city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Chautaqua County. In 2020, 1,000 people lived there.

## History

Sedan was created in 1871. The city was named after the 1870 Battle of Sedan. Sedan was incorporated as a city in 1876.

## Geography

Sedan is at  (37.128456, -96.184825). It is a close middle-point between New York City and Los Angeles. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

Sedan has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Sedan has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,000 people, 422 households, and 222 families living in Sedan. Of the households, 65.6% owned their home and 34.4% rented their home.

The median age was 45.5 years. Of the people, 83.6% were White, 4.6% were Native American, 0.9% were Black, 0.8% were Asian, 6.0% were from some other race, and 4.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.2% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,124 people, 482 households, and 269 families living in Sedan.

## Education

Sedan is a part of USD 286 Chautauqua County. Chautauqua County schools were merged in Sedan through school unification.

Before school unification, the Sedan Blue Devils won the Kansas State High School class B baseball championship in 1973 and 2011.

## Famous people

- Emmett Kelly, circus performer
- Elmer Riggs, paleontologist who died here
- Cassius Shartel, U.S. Representative of Missouri
- William Sproul, U.S. Representative of Kansas

## Other websites

- City
- City of Sedan
- Sedan - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 286, local school district
- Maps
- Sedan City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Sedan, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Sedan,_Kansas.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Sedan (2013)
- **image map**: Chautauqua_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Sedan_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Chautauqua County, Kansas, Chautauqua County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Chautauqua Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Chautauqua County, Kansas, Chautauqua County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Chautauqua County, Kansas, Chautauqua
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1871
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1876
- **named for**: Battle of Sedan
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.82
- **area land sq mi**: 0.82
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.13
- **area land km2**: 2.13
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 863
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1000
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67361
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-63750
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2396569