Kansas · Census place 2061400

Rossville, Kansas

Rossville is a city in Shawnee County, Kansas with an estimated 1,090 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 179th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,090
#179 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-20 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,982 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Rossville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Rossville population, 2020 to 2024

Rossville lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,111. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rossville covers 0.55 square miles of land, for 1,982 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Rossville is denser than the typical town.

What county Rossville is in

All of Rossville's residents live in Shawnee County, which had 177,942 residents in 2024. Rossville holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rossville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rossville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66533. 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 Rossville is

The Census internal point of Rossville is at 39.135800, -95.949600. Topeka, the capital, is 15.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Silver Lake, KS (1,312 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 15.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.135800, -95.949600
DMS
39°08'8.88"N 95°56'58.56"W
UTM
15N 245054.8E 4335990.5N
Geohash
9ygy8s7ws
Plus code
86F643P2+85

Daylight in Rossville

At 39.14° N, Rossville gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rossville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Silver Lake, 5.6 miles away, with 1,312 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rossville, KS?

1,090 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.8%) from 1,110 in July 2020.

What county is Rossville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rossville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66533.

How far is Rossville from Topeka?

15.8 miles (25.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Rossville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rossville?

Silver Lake, KS, with 1,312 residents, 5.6 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.