Kansas · Census place 2071125
Towanda, Kansas
Towanda is a city in Butler County, Kansas with an estimated 1,424 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 150th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,424
- #150 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -19 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,548 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Towanda population, 2020 to 2024
Towanda lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -18.
Towanda covers 0.92 square miles of land, for 1,548 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Towanda is close to the typical town.
What county Towanda is in
All of Towanda's residents live in Butler County, which had 69,158 residents in 2024. Towanda holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Towanda
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Towanda by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67144. 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 Towanda is
The Census internal point of Towanda is at 37.792500, -96.993100. Topeka, the capital, is 112.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Augusta, KS (9,103 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 20.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.792500, -96.993100
- DMS
- 37°47'33.00"N 96°59'35.16"W
- UTM
- 14N 676704.9E 4184689.8N
- Geohash
- 9yenbzgv2
- Plus code
- 8695Q2R4+XQ
Daylight in Towanda
At 37.79° N, Towanda gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Towanda
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Augusta, 6.6 miles away, with 9,103 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Towanda, KS?
1,424 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (1.3%) from 1,443 in July 2020.
What county is Towanda in?
Butler County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Towanda?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67144.
How far is Towanda from Topeka?
112.2 miles (180.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Towanda.
What is the nearest larger city to Towanda?
Augusta, KS, with 9,103 residents, 6.6 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.
- 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.