Indiana · Census place 1839546

Kentland, Indiana

Kentland is a town in Newton County, Indiana with an estimated 1,626 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 236th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,626
#236 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-7 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,204 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Kentland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Kentland population, 2020 to 2024

Kentland lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,638. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kentland covers 1.35 square miles of land, for 1,204 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Kentland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kentland is in

All of Kentland's residents live in Newton County, which had 14,131 residents in 2024. Kentland holds 11.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kentland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kentland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47951. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kentland is

The Census internal point of Kentland is at 40.774000, -87.446500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 97.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fowler, IN (2,385 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 63.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.774000, -87.446500
DMS
40°46'26.40"N 87°26'47.40"W
UTM
16N 462320.6E 4513765.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GJQHF3+J9

Daylight in Kentland

At 40.77° N, Kentland gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kentland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Morocco, 11.8 miles away, with 1,081 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kentland, IN?

1,626 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.4%) from 1,633 in July 2020.

What county is Kentland in?

Newton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kentland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47951.

How far is Kentland from Indianapolis?

97.1 miles (156.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Kentland.

What is the nearest larger city to Kentland?

Fowler, IN, with 2,385 residents, 12.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.