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Sidney is the county seat of Fremont County in Iowa's far southwestern corner, and it is one of the smallest county seats in the state.

Sidney was laid out in 1851 and was originally to be named Dayton, but the surveyors were boarding with the Milton Richards family, and Richards' wife suggested renaming it for her hometown of Sidney, Ohio.

Sidney proudly calls itself 'Rodeo Town, USA.'

The Sidney Iowa Championship Rodeo, operated by American Legion Post No. 128 since 1924, bills itself as the world's largest continuous outdoor rodeo and draws around 38,000 visitors each year in late July and early August.

The 2020 census counted 1,070 people in Sidney, living in 440 households.

Sidney is the largest city in Fremont County, which counted 6,605 people in 2020 and was formed in 1847 and named for explorer and military officer John C. Frémont.

Sidney covers 1.38 square miles of land near the Missouri state line.

Sidney's population peaked at 1,308 residents in 1980, but the town has stayed near or above 1,000 people in every census since 1900.

Sidney's first census count, in 1860, recorded just 423 residents, less than a decade after the town was laid out.

Sidney's public schools are run by the Sidney Community School District.