Kansas · Census place 2031400

Herington, Kansas

Herington is a city in Dickinson County, Kansas with an estimated 2,116 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,116; #111 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +0.3%; +6 people
Land area: 4.9 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 434 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Herington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Herington population, 2020 to 2024

Herington added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,113. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Herington covers 4.88 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 434 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Herington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Herington is in

All of Herington's residents live in Dickinson County, which had 18,621 residents in 2024. Herington holds 11.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Herington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Herington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67449. 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 Herington is

The Census internal point of Herington is at 38.696900, -96.807200. Topeka, the capital, is 65.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Junction City, KS (22,053 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 64.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.696900, -96.807200
DMS: 38°41'48.84"N 96°48'25.92"W
UTM: 14N 690696.1E 4285424.2N
Geohash: 9yghjhe1u
Plus code: 86C5M5WV+Q4

Daylight in Herington

At 38.70° N, Herington gets about 14 h 53 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 Herington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Council Grove, 17.2 miles away, with 2,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Herington, KS?

2,116 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.3%) from 2,110 in July 2020.

What county is Herington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Herington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67449.

How far is Herington from Topeka?

65.4 miles (105.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Herington.

What is the nearest larger city to Herington?

Junction City, KS, with 22,053 residents, 22.9 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.

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