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Kansas›Marshall County

Cottage Hill TownshipKS

A town of 119.

Is Cottage Hill Township a good place to live?

Only 2 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a higher age of the median resident than Cottage Hill Township. Cottage Hill Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

119 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Blue Rapids TownshipLincoln TownshipWaterville TownshipSwede Creek TownshipBlue Rapids TownshipLincoln TownshipWaterville TownshipSwede Creek TownshipCottage Hill Township
Getting set up

Moving to Cottage Hill Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Cottage Hill Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerEvergy14.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Cottage Hill Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsValley Heights Unified School District 498Which school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Kansas you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereMarshall County ClerkMarshall County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2021
ZIP codes66548, 6641166548 95% · 66411 5%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Cottage Hill Township.

Work & commute

Cottage Hill Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles. The top destinations are Marysville (28%), Waterville (8%) and Manhattan (8%).

0%work in town

Where working residents work

In Cottage Hill Township0%
Marysville28%
Waterville8%
Manhattan8%
Blue Rapids City Township7%
19 mi
median commute distance
3
jobs based in Cottage Hill Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

In Cottage Hill Township, expect four seasons and hot summers

In July, afternoons reach 90°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.

13″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–41°
Spring41–65°
Summer65–87°
Fall43–67°
Oct 13
typical first frost
Apr 25
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazards

Cottage Hill Township has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding

Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cottage Hill Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2009. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 49% come from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes.

63risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
63High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesStrong wind
2
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Health

How healthy Cottage Hill Township is

Among adults in Cottage Hill Township, 38% have high blood pressure, above both the Kansas town median (34%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). CDC measures, 32 in all: Cottage Hill Township beats Kansas on 1 and trails on 7. For adults in the town, the share who get no exercise outside work is 29%.

Cottage Hill TownshipKansas townsU.S. towns
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)18%15%14%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)29%26%25%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)38%34%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)13%11%12%
32 measures vs. Kansas
1 better24 too close to call7 worse
What stands outCottage Hill TownshipKS
More adults treating high blood pressure81%77.6%
More adults with COPD9.4%6.7%
Community Memorial Healthcare
18.8 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 22,922 acres
1.4 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cottage Hill Township

15pages on Cottage Hill Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Cottage Hill Township; the nearest are

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Cottage Hill Township for work

Where Cottage Hill Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

28% → Marysville Marysville 28% 8% → Waterville Waterville 8% 8% → Manhattan Manhattan 8% 7% → Blue Rapids City Township Blue Rapids City Township 7% 5% → Blue Rapids Blue Rapids 5% 5% → Waterville Township Waterville Township 5% Cottage Hill Township · 0% stay
3jobs based in Cottage Hill Township
0%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Cottage Hill Township

Township in Marshall County, Kansas, U.S.

Cottage Hill Township is a township in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 131.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Questions about Cottage Hill Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Cottage Hill Township, KS a good place to live?

Cottage Hill Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.