# Kiowa

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/kiowa/
- Also known as: Middle Kiowa; Wendling
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: Elbert County, Colorado
- Point: 39.3472, -104.4644 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Kiowa, 1868 to today; Running Creek, 1868–1883; mail later sent to Elizabeth

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Smoky Hill Trail stage stop called Middle Kiowa; Elbert County seat from 1874; incorporated Aug. 20, 1912. The 1875 and 1877 directories give its office as Running Creek P.O.

Today: Town of Kiowa

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 185146

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [Kiowa lynching (Aug. 25, 1874)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/kiowa-lynching-aug-25-1874/): 0.2 mi north
- [Dietemann killings (Aug. 27, 1868)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/dietemann-killings-aug-27-1868/): 5.1 mi southeast
- [Elizabeth](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/elizabeth/): 7.1 mi west
- [Hargisville](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/hargisville/): 7.9 mi northeast
- [Running Creek](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/running-creek/): 8.2 mi northwest
- [Elbert](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/elbert/): 9.7 mi southwest

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.