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Atwood, Kansas
Atwood is a city in Rawlins County, Kansas with an estimated 1,223 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 167th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,223
- #167 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -5.2%
- -67 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,154 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Atwood population, 2020 to 2024
Atwood lost 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.2%. In the latest year it moved by -21.
Atwood covers 1.06 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,154 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Atwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Atwood is in
All of Atwood's residents live in Rawlins County, which had 2,432 residents in 2024. Atwood holds 50.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Atwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67730. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Atwood is
The Census internal point of Atwood is at 39.809900, -101.041900. Topeka, the capital, is 291.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oberlin, KS (1,610 people), 27.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, CO, 195.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.809900, -101.041900
- DMS
- 39°48'35.64"N 101°02'30.84"W
- UTM
- 14N 325214.9E 4408652.8N
- Geohash
- 9z04kxpt3
- Plus code
- 85FWRX55+X6
Daylight in Atwood
At 39.81° N, Atwood gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Atwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Oberlin, 27.1 miles away, with 1,610 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Atwood, KS?
1,223 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 67 (5.2%) from 1,290 in July 2020.
What county is Atwood in?
Rawlins County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Atwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67730.
How far is Atwood from Topeka?
291.0 miles (468.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Atwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Atwood?
Oberlin, KS, with 1,610 residents, 27.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.