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Sabetha, Kansas

Sabetha is a city in 2 counties of Kansas with an estimated 2,476 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,476
#100 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-62 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
744 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Sabetha. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Sabetha population, 2020 to 2024

Sabetha lost 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

2,53820202,52420212,50120222,48820232,4762024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,542. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sabetha covers 3.33 square miles of land, for 744 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Sabetha is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sabetha spans

Sabetha crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,476 residents as follows; Nemaha County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Nemaha County2,469
  2. 02Brown County7
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sabetha

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sabetha by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66534. 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 Sabetha is

The Census internal point of Sabetha is at 39.910200, -95.792800. Topeka, the capital, is 60.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hiawatha, KS (3,137 people), 14.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 60.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.910200, -95.792800
DMS
39°54'36.72"N 95°47'34.08"W
UTM
15N 261278.5E 4421524.8N
Geohash
9z5gh1mvc
Plus code
86F6W664+3V

Daylight in Sabetha

At 39.91° N, Sabetha gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sabetha

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hiawatha, 14.1 miles away, with 3,137 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sabetha, KS?

2,476 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 62 (2.4%) from 2,538 in July 2020.

What county is Sabetha in?

It spans 2 counties: Nemaha County (2,469 residents), Brown County (7 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sabetha?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66534.

How far is Sabetha from Topeka?

60.0 miles (96.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sabetha.

What is the nearest larger city to Sabetha?

Hiawatha, KS, with 3,137 residents, 14.1 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)

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