Kansas · Census place 2076000

Wathena, Kansas

Wathena is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas with an estimated 1,260 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,260; #166 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +1.2%; +15 people
Land area: 2.3 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 538 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Wathena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Wathena population, 2020 to 2024

Wathena added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,251. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wathena covers 2.34 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 538 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Wathena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wathena is in

All of Wathena's residents live in Doniphan County, which had 7,575 residents in 2024. Wathena holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wathena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wathena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66090. 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 Wathena is

The Census internal point of Wathena is at 39.761100, -94.927500. Topeka, the capital, is 63.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Joseph, MO (71,098 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 45.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.761100, -94.927500
DMS: 39°45'39.96"N 94°55'39.00"W
UTM: 15N 334891.5E 4403018.9N
Geohash: 9zh6py7ch
Plus code: 86F7Q36C+CX

Daylight in Wathena

At 39.76° N, Wathena gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wathena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Elwood, 1.9 miles away, with 1,137 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wathena, KS?

1,260 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (1.2%) from 1,245 in July 2020.

What county is Wathena in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wathena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66090.

How far is Wathena from Topeka?

63.6 miles (102.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wathena.

What is the nearest larger city to Wathena?

St. Joseph, MO, with 71,098 residents, 5.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.