Kansas · Census place 2015925

Council Grove, Kansas

Council Grove is a city in Morris County, Kansas with an estimated 2,101 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,101
#114 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-30 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
986 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Council Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Council Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Council Grove lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,139. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Council Grove covers 2.13 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 986 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Council Grove is less dense than the typical town.

What county Council Grove is in

All of Council Grove's residents live in Morris County, which had 5,279 residents in 2024. Council Grove holds 39.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Council Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Council Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66846. 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 Council Grove is

The Census internal point of Council Grove is at 38.663100, -96.491800. Topeka, the capital, is 51.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Herington, KS (2,116 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 49.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.663100, -96.491800
DMS
38°39'47.16"N 96°29'30.48"W
UTM
14N 718231.1E 4282376.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C5MG75+67

Daylight in Council Grove

At 38.66° N, Council Grove gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Council Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Herington, 17.2 miles away, with 2,116 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Council Grove, KS?

2,101 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.4%) from 2,131 in July 2020.

What county is Council Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Council Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66846.

How far is Council Grove from Topeka?

51.2 miles (82.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Council Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Council Grove?

Herington, KS, with 2,116 residents, 17.1 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.