The city of Sedgwick is landlocked and underwater. Well, not literally. But when it comes to building new houses, Sedgwick doesn’t have many options outside of the town’s vacant lots. The town is nestled against the Little Arkansas River, which borders Sedgwick on the west and on the north. The presence of the river also means that part of the town sits in a floodplain and would require additional work and expense to build. The town is also landlocked by agricultural farmland, the bread and butter for the country but not for local housing developers. The last two housing developments in Sedgwick were the Highlands, started in January, 1996, and the Reserves, which began in 2005.
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