Sedalia is a city located about 30 miles south of the Missouri River in Pettis County, Missouri. U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65 intersect in the city. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 21,387. It is the county seat of Pettis County. The Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Pettis County. Sedalia is the location of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival.. On May 25, 2011, a tornado ripped through Sedalia, causing significant damage to much of the southern side of the city. Indigenous peoples lived along the Missouri River and... its tributaries for thousands of years before European contact. Historians believe the entire area around Sedalia was first occupied by the Osage . When the land was first settled by European Americans, bands of Shawnee who had migrated from the East lived in the vicinity of Sedalia. The area that became the city of Sedalia was founded by General George Rappeen Smith , who went on to found nearby Smithton, Missouri. He filed plans for the official record on November 30, 1857, and gave the area the name Sedville.
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| County: | Pettis County |
| State: | Missouri |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 21,151 |
| Area: | 12 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Sedalia, Missouri, Pettis County / Sedalia city |