Burrton | Halstead
| Hesston | Newton
| North Newton | Sedgwick
| Walton
Homesteading in Harvey County
Sedgwick
In 1869, a group of settlers formed
the Sedgwick Town Company, and the company laid out the new town
site in June 1870. It was the first city organized in what was
to become Harvey County. The town was named for Maj. John M. Sedgwick
of the U. S. Army.
A post office was established in the
late summer of 1870. One of the first buildings in town was a
schoolhouse built in September 1870. The town was incorporated
on March 16, 1872, after the county was organized a few weeks
earlier on February 29.
Sedgwick vied for the county seat,
but Newton ended up with it, being as it was near the center of
the county. Sedgwick is located at the southern most boundary
line which borders Sedgwick County. Today most of the town is
in Harvey County, but part of it is in Sedgwick County.
Sources
Smurr, Linda C. ed. Harvey
County History. Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990.
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