{"id":3676,"date":"2023-05-25T07:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T07:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:45:38","slug":"jewell-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/jewell-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewell County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jewell County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the Nebraska state line in the north-central part of the state. It had a population of 2,932 at the 2020 census and covers 914 square miles (2,370 km2), of which 910 square miles (2,400 km2) is land, centred near 39°48′N 98°14′W.<\/p>\n

Mankato is the county seat, and its postal code is 66956. The county has seven incorporated cities, one census-designated place, and several unincorporated communities. Jewell County is in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 20089.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Jewell County<\/h2>\n

Jewell County has seven incorporated cities, the census-designated place of Ionia, and a handful of unincorporated hamlets. “CDP” below marks a Census Bureau-defined place with no city government; “Unincorp.” marks a rural community with no formal boundary or population count.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mankato<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n836<\/td>\n66956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burr Oak<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66936<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esbon<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66941<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Formoso<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66942<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jewell<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66949<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Randall<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66963<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webber<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ionia<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lovewell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montrose<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Branch<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Otego<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Dentonia, once a rail siding on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe branch, is now a ghost town with no remaining population. Ionia sits close to Lovewell Lake and is the smallest recognised place the Census Bureau tracks separately in the county.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n