Willis

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Willis

Total population

35

Median home value

$50,000

3.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$88,125

Willis$88k

National$74k

Elevation354 m

Land area0.44 km²

Weather70°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates39.72°, -95.51°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Willis is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Willis, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Danny J. Petersen

Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient

D

Douglas H. Ubelaker

American anthropologist

B

Boots Adams

businessman (1899-1975)

R

Robert Harder

American politician (1929-2014)

M

Melinda Fay Denton

American botanist (1944-1994)

A

Arthur R. Winters

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Horton
  4.3 mi away
• Everest
  5.3 mi away
• Powhattan
  7.3 mi away
• Kickapoo Site 1
  7.6 mi away
• Kickapoo Site 2
  7.8 mi away
• Kickapoo Tribal Center
  8.2 mi away
• Kickapoo Site 7
  9.1 mi away
• Kickapoo Site 6
  10 mi away
• Kickapoo Site 5
  10.1 mi away
• Leona
  10.7 mi away
• Muscotah
  11.7 mi away
• Denton
  12.6 mi away

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Willis

Wholesale price list

Willis Nursery Company · 1951

Kansas City Chiefs

Zach Wyner · 2020

Willie the Wildcat's Journey Through Kansas

Dan Walter · 2009

The Willis Nursery Company, Ottawa, Kansas, fall 1951

Willis Nursery Company · 1951

The limnology of some roadside ditches in Chase and Lyon Counties, Kansas

Willis Ratzlaff · 1952

Summer

Willis Nursery Company · 1961

Peonies

Willis Nursery Company · 1959

Arts in the religious communities of Kansas

Willis Martin Watt · 1978

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 201 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 202 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).