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Sedalia
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city in and county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Pettis
- Mayor
- Traves Williams
- City administrator
- Matthew Wirt
- Total
- 14.32 sq mi (37.09 km )
- Land
- 14.29 sq mi (37.00 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 899 ft (274 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 22,086
- Density
- 1,520.7/sq mi (587.16/km )
- Demonym
- Sedalian
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 65301-65302
- Fips code
- 29-66440
- Website
- www.cityofsedalia.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sedalia is a city located approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 21,725. Sedalia is also the location of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival. U.S. Routes 50 and 65 intersect in the city.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sedalia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.