{"id":3849,"date":"2023-06-07T20:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:24","slug":"wabaunsee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wabaunsee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Wabaunsee County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wabaunsee County is a county in Kansas, United States, in the Flint Hills between Topeka and Manhattan. It had a population of 6,877 at the 2020 census and covers 794 square miles (2,060 km2) of land, centred near 38\u00b058\u2032N 96\u00b011\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Alma is the county seat, and its postal code is 66401. The county has nine incorporated cities (two of them shared with a neighboring county), a handful of unincorporated communities and Census-designated places, and thirteen civil townships. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

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

Wabaunsee County’s settlements are mostly small farm and rail towns strung along the Kansas River valley and the Flint Hills grassland to the south. Alma, Alta Vista, Eskridge, Harveyville, Maple Hill, McFarland and Paxico are fully incorporated; St. Marys and Willard have only a small portion of their city limits inside the county, the rest lying in Pottawatomie County. Wabaunsee and Newbury are unincorporated Census-designated places. Bradford and Vera are historic sites that no longer function as towns.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Alma<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nAlma<\/td>\n780<\/td>\n66401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alta Vista<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nFarmer<\/td>\n417<\/td>\n66834<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eskridge<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nNewbury<\/td>\n519<\/td>\n66423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harveyville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nWilmington<\/td>\n231<\/td>\n66431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Hill<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMaple Hill<\/td>\n598<\/td>\n66507<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McFarland<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nKaw<\/td>\n246<\/td>\n66501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paxico<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMission Creek<\/td>\n229<\/td>\n66526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Marys (part)<\/td>\nCity · part<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willard (part)<\/td>\nCity · part<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wabaunsee<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nWabaunsee<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newbury<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nNewbury<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keene<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vera<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

St. Marys and Willard are counted as Wabaunsee County places only for the sliver of each city that crosses the county line; most of both towns, and their population totals, belong to Pottawatomie County next door.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Wabaunsee County is divided into thirteen civil townships: Alma, Farmer, Garfield, Kaw, Maple Hill, Mill Creek, Mission Creek, Newbury, Plumb, Rock Creek, Wabaunsee, Washington and Wilmington. Current township-level population figures are not published separately from the county total, so only the anchor settlement is given where it is known.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Alma<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAlma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Hill<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMaple Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newbury<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nEskridge, Newbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilmington<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHarveyville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wabaunsee<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWabaunsee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaw<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMcFarland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mission Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nPaxico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farmer<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAlta Vista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mill Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plumb<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rock Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n