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Cedaredge is a home rule town in Delta County, Colorado, nicknamed "The Southern Gateway to the Grand Mesa."

The town is located in the Surface Creek Valley beneath the southern slopes of the Grand Mesa, at an elevation of 6,231 feet.

Settlers began arriving in the valley after the Ute Indians ceded the land to the United States in 1880 and were removed to Utah in 1881, and the land was carved up into cattle ranches, fruit orchards, and fields.

The Cedaredge post office opened on December 5, 1894, and the Town of Cedaredge was incorporated on May 2, 1907.

The town population was 2,279 at the 2020 census.

There were 1,108 households and 1,200 housing units in the town at the 2020 census.

Cedaredge is a small agricultural community producing beef cattle, elk, apples, and peaches, and it is home to several of Delta County's wineries.

AppleFest, an annual celebration of apples, arts, music, and food held the first weekend in October, is attended by around 15,000 visitors each year.

Pioneer Town, a museum and historical village in Cedaredge, is centered on the octagonal Bar-I Silos, the last remaining structures of the Bar-I Ranch, a cattle ranch established in the early 1880s.

The Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway, approved in 1991, runs north from Cedaredge along Highway 65 to the top of the Grand Mesa at more than 10,000 feet.