Brown County, Kansas

Brown County, Kansas, has 9,104 residents (July 2025 estimate). Its county seat is Hiawatha. It uses Central Time and covers 571 sq mi (1,479 km²) of land.

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Brown County in Kansas
Doniphan CountyHiawathaSabethaHortonEverestFairview
Brown County and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
Resident population, July 2025
9,104
Land area
571 sq mi (1,479 km²)
County seat or government
Hiawatha
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
Median household income
$62,233 ± $7,582
Median home value
$118,100 ± $8,559
Median rent, with utilities
$646 ± $98
Homes lived in by their owners
76.3% ± 2.7 points
County type
County
Metro or micro area
Outside any metro or micro areaNext to: Atchison, KS micro area, St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area, and Topeka, KS metro area
Water area
1.23 sq mi (3.2 km²)
State
Kansas
County code (FIPS)
20013
Coordinates (central point)
39.825931, -95.569905

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Income, home value, rent and homes lived in by their owners: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, ± margin at 90% confidence; checked on October 13, 2026.

Time zones in Brown County

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
Central TimeAmerica/ChicagoUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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ZIP Code areas, largest first

  1. 664344,740 people
  2. 665343,381 people
  3. 664392,578 people
  4. 66041614 people
  5. 66550552 people
  6. 66532527 people
  7. 66424486 people
  8. 66094437 people
  9. 66516408 people
  10. 66425391 people
  11. 66515362 people
  12. 66527244 people
All 13
  1. 66017219 people

13 ZIP Code areas overlap Brown County. People counts are 2020–2024 estimates for each whole ZIP area. Mailing ZIPs can differ; check an address with USPS ZIP Code Lookup.

Official county information

We don’t have a website for this county yet. The US government’s local-office directory ↗ lists its offices. A geographic lookup cannot determine eligibility, tax liability or a court obligation.

Townships in Brown County, largest first

  1. Powhattan Township767 people
  2. Walnut Township718 people
  3. Mission Township641 people
  4. Hiawatha Township584 people
  5. Washington Township478 people
  6. Irving Township388 people
  7. Morrill Township359 people
  8. Robinson Township242 people
  9. Padonia Township203 people
  10. Hamlin Township156 people

People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. All townships in Kansas, by county

School districts in Brown County, largest first

  1. Prairie Hills Unified School District 1136,159 people
  2. Hiawatha Unified School District 4155,627 people
  3. South Brown County Unified School District 4303,227 people
  4. North Jackson Unified School District 3352,353 people
  5. Doniphan West Unified School District 1112,291 people

Districts with land in the county; a district can cross county lines. People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. A district boundary doesn’t decide which school a student attends.

Tribal areas in Brown County, largest first

  1. Kickapoo (KS) Reservation4,478 people
  2. Iowa (KS-NE) Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land258 people
  3. Sac and Fox Nation Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land185 people
  4. Kickapoo (KS) Reservation/Sac and Fox Nation Trust Land joint-use area0 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Hiawatha, Kansas (city)3,197 people
  2. Sabetha, Kansas (city)2,471 people
  3. Horton, Kansas (city)1,610 people
  4. Everest, Kansas (city)356 people
  5. Fairview, Kansas (city)342 people
  6. Morrill, Kansas (city)210 people
  7. Kickapoo Site 5, Kansas (CDP)161 people
  8. Robinson, Kansas (city)154 people
  9. Kickapoo Tribal Center, Kansas (CDP)128 people
  10. Powhattan, Kansas (city)74 people
  11. Kickapoo Site 7, Kansas (CDP)64 people
  12. Kickapoo Site 1, Kansas (CDP)48 people
All 17
  1. Reserve, Kansas (city)48 people
  2. Willis, Kansas (city)35 people
  3. Kickapoo Site 2, Kansas (CDP)15 people
  4. Hamlin, Kansas (city)14 people
  5. Kickapoo Site 6, Kansas (CDP)0 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Richardson County, Nebraska22 mi north
  2. Doniphan County, Kansas23 mi east
  3. Nemaha County, Kansas23 mi west
  4. Atchison County, Kansas24 mi southeast
  5. Jackson County, Kansas31 mi southwest

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Areas that only touch the edge

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