Kit Carson County, Colorado
County seat: Burlington · Population 7,069 (2025) · 2,161 sq mi
Kit Carson County is the 43rd most populous of Colorado's 64 counties, with 7,069 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Burlington. It is part of the Region 5: Central Eastern Plains region, one of the 14 Planning and Management Regions of Colorado. The map shows its 6 cities and towns and the 7 neighboring counties.
Kit Carson County facts
- County seat
- Burlington
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 7,069 −0.2% since 2020
- Land area
- 2,161 sq mi 18th largest of 64
- Water area
- 1 sq mi
- Population density
- 3 per sq mi
- Established
- 1889
- Named after
- Kit Carson American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
- Largest city
- Burlington 3,164
- Median household income
- $70,259
- Cities and towns
- 6
- ZIP codes
- 6
- Time zone
- Mountain
- FIPS code
- 08063
Cities and towns in Kit Carson County
Kit Carson County has 6 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Kit Carson County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington (county seat) | City | 3,164 | |
| Stratton | Town | 644 | |
| Flagler | Town | 584 | |
| Bethune | Town | 190 | |
| Seibert | Town | 178 | |
| Vona | Town | 89 |
ZIP codes in Kit Carson County
6 ZIP codes reach into Kit Carson County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 80805
- 80807 also Yuma County
- 80815 also Washington County
- 80834
- 80836 also Yuma County
- 80861 also Yuma County
Population of Kit Carson County, 2020–2025
Kit Carson County shrank by 12 people (−0.2%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 31 more deaths than births and a net gain of 27 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7,062 |
| 2021 | 6,930 |
| 2022 | 7,000 |
| 2023 | 7,000 |
| 2024 | 7,027 |
| 2025 | 7,069 |
Neighboring counties
- Cheyenne County south · 1,713 people
- Yuma County north · 9,896 people
- Lincoln County southwest · 5,645 people
- Sherman County, Kansas east · 5,763 people
- Washington County northwest · 4,732 people
- Wallace County, Kansas southeast · 1,441 people
- Cheyenne County, Kansas northeast · 2,604 people
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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