Kansas · Census place 2076625

Wellsville, Kansas

Wellsville is a city in Franklin County, Kansas with an estimated 1,933 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,933
#123 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-13 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,124 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Wellsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Wellsville population, 2020 to 2024

Wellsville lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,94620201,93720211,92620221,93120231,9332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,947. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellsville covers 1.72 square miles of land, for 1,124 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Wellsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wellsville is in

All of Wellsville's residents live in Franklin County, which had 26,273 residents in 2024. Wellsville holds 7.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66092. 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 Wellsville is

The Census internal point of Wellsville is at 38.717700, -95.077900. Topeka, the capital, is 39.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baldwin City, KS (4,985 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 18.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.717700, -95.077900
DMS
38°43'3.72"N 95°04'40.44"W
UTM
15N 319349.5E 4287499.6N
Geohash
9yukk2q6u
Plus code
86C6PW9C+3R

Daylight in Wellsville

At 38.72° N, Wellsville gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgerton, 7.0 miles away, with 1,716 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellsville, KS?

1,933 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (0.7%) from 1,946 in July 2020.

What county is Wellsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66092.

How far is Wellsville from Topeka?

39.5 miles (63.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Wellsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellsville?

Baldwin City, KS, with 4,985 residents, 7.2 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.