{"id":3661,"date":"2023-05-22T16:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","slug":"harvey-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/harvey-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the plains north of Wichita along the Little Arkansas River. It had a population of 34,024 at the 2020 census and covers 541 square miles (1,400 km2), of which 540 square miles are land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is water, centred near 38&deg;03&prime;N 97&deg;26&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Newton is the county seat and its postal code is 67114. The county has seven incorporated cities, several unincorporated communities and a handful of former townsite ghost towns, spread across 15 civil townships. Harvey County lies in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Harvey County<\/h2>\n<p>Seven places in Harvey County are incorporated cities; the rest are unincorporated communities or abandoned townsites (marked Unincorp.). Population figures below are 2020 census counts where verified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Newton<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Newton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Newton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Newton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hesston<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Lakin<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67062<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halstead<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Halstead<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burrton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Burrton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Walton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Walton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McLain<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Patterson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Putnam<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zimmerdale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annelly<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Braddock<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lehman<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paxton<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Van Arsdale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Annelly, Braddock, Lehman, Paxton and Van Arsdale are historic townsites now largely or entirely abandoned rather than active communities.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Newton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Newton, North Newton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lakin<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Hesston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halstead<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Halstead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burrton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Burrton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Walton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Walton, Van Arsdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alta<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Darlington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Emma<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Garden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Highland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Macon<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pleasant<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Richland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>67114 &mdash; Newton (also serves the surrounding rural county)<\/li>\n<li>67117 &mdash; North Newton<\/li>\n<li>67062 &mdash; Hesston<\/li>\n<li>67056 &mdash; Halstead<\/li>\n<li>67135 &mdash; Sedgwick<\/li>\n<li>67020 &mdash; Burrton<\/li>\n<li>67151 &mdash; Walton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smaller unincorporated communities and former townsites use the ZIP code of their nearest incorporated city rather than one of their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Harvey County sits on the flat to gently rolling plains of central Kansas, in the transition zone between the Flint Hills to the east and the wheat country of the Great Bend Prairie to the west. The Little Arkansas River crosses the county roughly north to south, and Sand Creek and the North Cow Creek drain smaller portions of it. Farmland dominates the landscape outside the incorporated cities.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/marion-county-kansas\/\">Marion County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/butler-county-kansas\/\">Butler County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sedgwick-county-kansas\/\">Sedgwick County<\/a> to the south, Reno County to the west, and McPherson County to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Harvey County had 34,024 residents at the 2020 census, giving it a density of about 63 people per square mile. Newton, the county seat, is the largest city, followed by Hesston; both are well ahead of the county&#8217;s smaller towns. The Kansas median of $70,333 is the benchmark statewide; Harvey County, anchored by Newton&#8217;s manufacturing and health-care employers, tracks close to that figure rather than the lower incomes typical of more rural wheat-belt counties nearby.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Newton&#8217;s economy centers on rail and manufacturing: BNSF Railway operates a major locomotive and freight-car repair shop there, a legacy of the city&#8217;s origin as a railhead on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Hesston is home to AGCO&#8217;s Hesston Works, which builds hay and forage equipment and is one of the county&#8217;s largest private employers, alongside Hesston College, a two-year Mennonite liberal-arts college. Newton Medical Center anchors regional health care. Agriculture, mainly wheat and other grain farming, remains central to the county&#8217;s rural townships.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Harvey County was organized on March 7, 1872, carved from portions of Marion, McPherson and Sedgwick counties, and named for James M. Harvey, the fifth governor of Kansas. Settlement had begun a few years earlier, in 1869, and accelerated after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built its Emporia-to-Newton main line in 1871, making Newton a rail hub almost overnight. Hesston and the surrounding area later became a center of Mennonite settlement, a heritage still visible in Hesston College and area churches.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 135 and U.S. Route 81 run north-south through the county, with U.S. Route 50 crossing east-west near Walton and Peabody.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wichita &mdash; 25 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Hutchinson &mdash; 30 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>McPherson &mdash; 25 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>El Dorado &mdash; 35 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), about 25 miles south of Newton.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in south-central Kansas, directly north of Wichita and Sedgwick County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>34,024 people at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>541 square miles (1,400 km2), of which 1.0 square mile is water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>Newton is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>Seven incorporated cities &mdash; Newton, North Newton, Hesston, Halstead, Sedgwick, Burrton and Walton &mdash; plus several unincorporated communities and former townsites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Harvey County?<\/strong><br \/>Newton uses 67114, North Newton 67117, Hesston 67062, Halstead 67056, Sedgwick 67135, Burrton 67020 and Walton 67151.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is the county named Harvey?<\/strong><br \/>It honors James M. Harvey, Kansas&#8217;s fifth governor, who signed off on its organization in 1872.<\/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>Harvey County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the plains north of Wichita along the Little Arkansas River. 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