{"id":3606,"date":"2023-05-20T08:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:36:33","slug":"dickinson-county-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dickinson-county-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dickinson County is a county in Kansas, United States, in the central part of the state along the Smoky Hill River. It had a population of 18,402 at the 2020 census and covers 852 square miles (2,210 km2), of which 847 square miles (2,190 km2) are land, centred near 38&deg;54&prime;N 97&deg;06&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Abilene is the county seat, and its postal code is 67410. The county has nine incorporated cities and a number of unincorporated communities. Dickinson County lies in the Central time zone, and its FIPS code is 20041.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Dickinson County<\/h2>\n<p>Dickinson County has nine incorporated cities &mdash; Abilene, Carlton, Chapman, Enterprise, Herington, Hope, Manchester, Solomon and Woodbine &mdash; plus Talmage, a small city served by a post-office-box-only ZIP code. The rest of the county is made up of unincorporated crossroads communities and a handful of mobile-home parks recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey&rsquo;s naming database. Population figures below are 2020 census counts where the Census Bureau tabulates the place separately; unincorporated points with no separate count carry a dash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Abilene<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chapman<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Herington<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Solomon<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Enterprise<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hope<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodbine<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67492<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Talmage<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carlton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manchester<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Detroit<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dillon<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elmo<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jacobs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lyona<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moonlight<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Navarre<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pearl<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rishel<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sand Spring<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shady Brook<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sutphen<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Acme<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Buckeye<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cottonwood MH Park<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Johns MH Park<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Koepke Mobile Manor<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M and M MH Court<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Red Rock MH Park<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shamrock MH Estates<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Herington sits mostly in Dickinson County but stretches a short distance into neighboring Morris County to the southeast &mdash; a common straddling pattern for county-line rail towns in this part of Kansas.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>67410 &mdash; Abilene<\/li>\n<li>67431 &mdash; Chapman<\/li>\n<li>67441 &mdash; Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>67449 &mdash; Herington<\/li>\n<li>67451 &mdash; Hope<\/li>\n<li>67480 &mdash; Solomon<\/li>\n<li>67482 &mdash; Talmage (PO Box delivery only)<\/li>\n<li>67492 &mdash; Woodbine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Carlton, Manchester and the unincorporated crossroads communities have no dedicated ZIP code and are served by mail routes out of the nearest listed post-office town.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Dickinson County sits in the Smoky Hills region of central Kansas, where the Smoky Hill River crosses the county from west to east and joins the Solomon River near the community of Solomon. The terrain is a mix of river-bottom farmland and gently rolling upland prairie, with sandstone outcrops along the Smoky Hill valley. The county borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/clay-county-kansas\/\">Clay County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/geary-county\/\">Geary County<\/a> to the east, Morris County to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/marion-county-kansas\/\">Marion County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mcpherson-county\/\">McPherson County<\/a> to the southwest, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/saline-county-kansas\/\">Saline County<\/a> to the west and Ottawa County to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 18,402 residents, a density of about 21.7 people per square mile of land. Abilene and Herington are the county&rsquo;s two largest communities. Dickinson County&rsquo;s median household income runs below the Kansas median of $70,333, typical of a farm-economy county without a large metro-adjacent commuter base.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture anchors the county&rsquo;s economy &mdash; wheat, corn, soybeans and cattle on the upland farms surrounding the Smoky Hill and Solomon river valleys. Abilene is also a heritage-tourism draw as the boyhood home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the Eisenhower family home drawing visitors off Interstate 70. The Abilene &amp; Smoky Valley Railroad runs a heritage excursion train out of Abilene, and the Great Plains Vintage Base Ball club plays under 1860s rules at Eisenhower Park.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Dickinson County was organized on February 20, 1857, and named for Daniel S. Dickinson, a U.S. senator from New York who had advocated for Kansas statehood. Abilene became a national name in 1867 when it served as the northern terminus of the Chisholm Trail, and Wild Bill Hickok served as the town&rsquo;s marshal in 1871 during its cattle-town years. The Keystone oil pipeline was built through the county in 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 cross the county through Abilene and Chapman; U.S. Route 77 runs north&ndash;south through Abilene and Herington; Kansas Highway 15 and Kansas Highway 43 serve the county&rsquo;s smaller towns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salina &mdash; 20 miles northwest of Abilene<\/li>\n<li>Junction City &mdash; 20 miles east of Abilene<\/li>\n<li>Manhattan &mdash; 35 miles northeast of Abilene<\/li>\n<li>Wichita &mdash; 90 miles south of Abilene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Salina Regional Airport; Manhattan Regional Airport and Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport also serve the county.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Dickinson County, Kansas?<\/strong><br \/>It is in central Kansas along the Smoky Hill River, about halfway between Salina and Junction City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Dickinson County?<\/strong><br \/>18,402 people, at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Dickinson County?<\/strong><br \/>852 square miles (2,210 km2), of which 847 square miles (2,190 km2) are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Dickinson County seat?<\/strong><br \/>Abilene is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Dickinson County?<\/strong><br \/>Nine incorporated cities &mdash; Abilene, Carlton, Chapman, Enterprise, Herington, Hope, Manchester, Solomon and Woodbine &mdash; plus Talmage and about two dozen unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Dickinson County?<\/strong><br \/>67410 (Abilene), 67431 (Chapman), 67441 (Enterprise), 67449 (Herington), 67451 (Hope), 67480 (Solomon), 67482 (Talmage) and 67492 (Woodbine).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Abilene famous?<\/strong><br \/>It was the boyhood home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the northern end of the Chisholm Trail cattle-drive route in the 1860s and 1870s.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/kansas\/\">Towns and villages in Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dickinson County is a county in Kansas, United States, in the central part of the state along the Smoky Hill River. It had a population of 18,402 at the 2020 census and covers 852 square miles (2,210 km2), of which 847 square miles (2,190 km2) are land, centred near 38&deg;54&prime;N 97&deg;06&prime;W. 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