Kansas · Census place 2024575

Fredonia, Kansas

Fredonia is a city in Wilson County, Kansas with an estimated 2,071 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,071
#115 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-71 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
849 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Fredonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Fredonia population, 2020 to 2024

Fredonia lost 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,155. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fredonia covers 2.44 square miles of land, for 849 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Fredonia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fredonia is in

All of Fredonia's residents live in Wilson County, which had 8,398 residents in 2024. Fredonia holds 24.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fredonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fredonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66736. 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 Fredonia is

The Census internal point of Fredonia is at 37.533100, -95.822300. Topeka, the capital, is 104.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Neodesha, KS (2,210 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 84.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.533100, -95.822300
DMS
37°31'59.16"N 95°49'20.28"W
UTM
15N 250620.6E 4157757.1N
Geohash
9yeve88q4
Plus code
8696G5MH+63

Daylight in Fredonia

At 37.53° N, Fredonia gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fredonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Neodesha, 10.7 miles away, with 2,210 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fredonia, KS?

2,071 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 71 (3.3%) from 2,142 in July 2020.

What county is Fredonia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fredonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66736.

How far is Fredonia from Topeka?

104.9 miles (168.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Fredonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Fredonia?

Neodesha, KS, with 2,210 residents, 10.7 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.