Sedalia is a city located approximately 30 miles 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.
Midwest
Sedalia
Pettis County, MO
Population
21,767
Walk Score
77 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$825
Median home value
$127,200
Founded
1857
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Missouri State Fairgrounds Historic District · listed 1991
- Sedalia Commercial Historic District · listed 2001
- Sedalia Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase I)
- Sedalia Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2010
Notable landmarks
- Building at 217 West Main Street · listed 1996
- G and G Veterinary Hospital · listed 2011
- Gentry, William H., House · listed 1997
- Harris House · listed 1979
- Heard, John T. and Lillian, House · listed 2011
- Hotel Bothwell · listed 1989
- Hubbard, C.C., High School · listed 1997
- Jones, Henry, Farmstead · listed 2008
- McVey School · listed 1999
- Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Depot · listed 1979
- Missouri/Sedalia Trust Company · listed 1983
- Sedalia Public Library · listed 1980
- Yount, Thomas and Mildred, House · listed 2022
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