Kansas · Census place 2033200
Horton, Kansas
Horton is a city in Brown County, Kansas with an estimated 1,461 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,461
- #143 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -58 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 825 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Horton population, 2020 to 2024
Horton lost 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -22.
Horton covers 1.77 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 825 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Horton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Horton is in
All of Horton's residents live in Brown County, which had 9,142 residents in 2024. Horton holds 16.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Horton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Horton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66439. 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 Horton is
The Census internal point of Horton is at 39.663800, -95.532500. Topeka, the capital, is 43.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hiawatha, KS (3,137 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 44.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.663800, -95.532500
- DMS
- 39°39'49.68"N 95°31'57.00"W
- UTM
- 15N 282756.9E 4393509.0N
- Geohash
- 9zh1dhe67
- Plus code
- 86F6MF78+GX
Daylight in Horton
At 39.66° N, Horton gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Horton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hiawatha, 13.0 miles away, with 3,137 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Horton, KS?
1,461 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 58 (3.8%) from 1,519 in July 2020.
What county is Horton in?
Brown County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Horton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66439.
How far is Horton from Topeka?
43.3 miles (69.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Horton.
What is the nearest larger city to Horton?
Hiawatha, KS, with 3,137 residents, 13.0 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.