Kansas · Census place 2056150

Plainville, Kansas

Plainville is a city in Rooks County, Kansas with an estimated 1,693 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,693
#135 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-46 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,411 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Plainville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Plainville population, 2020 to 2024

Plainville lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,748. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plainville covers 1.20 square miles of land, for 1,411 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Plainville is close to the typical town.

What county Plainville is in

All of Plainville's residents live in Rooks County, which had 4,748 residents in 2024. Plainville holds 35.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plainville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plainville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67663. 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 Plainville is

The Census internal point of Plainville is at 39.234100, -99.300800. Topeka, the capital, is 194.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hays, KS (21,213 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 150.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.234100, -99.300800
DMS
39°14'2.76"N 99°18'2.88"W
UTM
14N 474039.2E 4342798.5N
Geohash
9ycrhq775
Plus code
86F26MMX+JM

Daylight in Plainville

At 39.23° N, Plainville gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plainville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Stockton, 13.3 miles away, with 1,433 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plainville, KS?

1,693 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (2.6%) from 1,739 in July 2020.

What county is Plainville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Plainville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67663.

How far is Plainville from Topeka?

194.6 miles (313.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Plainville.

What is the nearest larger city to Plainville?

Hays, KS, with 21,213 residents, 24.4 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.