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Galena, Kansas
Galena is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas with an estimated 2,767 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 93rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,767
- #93 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +11 people
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 602 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Galena population, 2020 to 2024
Galena added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Galena covers 4.60 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 602 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Galena is less dense than the typical town.
What county Galena is in
All of Galena's residents live in Cherokee County, which had 19,133 residents in 2024. Galena holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Galena
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66739. 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 Galena is
The Census internal point of Galena is at 37.075200, -94.635500. Topeka, the capital, is 147.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baxter Springs, KS (3,844 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 74.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.075200, -94.635500
- DMS
- 37°04'30.72"N 94°38'7.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 354617.6E 4104465.7N
- Geohash
- 9ysdyt2d9
- Plus code
- 869739G7+3R
Daylight in Galena
At 37.08° N, Galena gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Galena
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Baxter Springs, 6.7 miles away, with 3,844 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Galena, KS?
2,767 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.4%) from 2,756 in July 2020.
What county is Galena in?
Cherokee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Galena?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66739.
How far is Galena from Topeka?
147.6 miles (237.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Galena.
What is the nearest larger city to Galena?
Baxter Springs, KS, with 3,844 residents, 6.7 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.
- 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.