Baxter Springs, Kansas

Current Weather

The city of Baxter Springs is located in Cherokee County.

Typical abbreviation for Baxter Springs: Baxter Spgs. (or less commonly used: Baxter Spngs. or Baxter Sprngs.)

Baxter Springs is 250 feet [76.2 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Baxter Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Baxter Springs, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Baxter Springs had a population of 4,602 people^<2> (or 20.41% of the total population of Cherokee County). The population of Baxter Springs represented 0.17% of the total of Kansas, making it the state's 60th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Baxter Springs had a population of 4,153 people. This is a decrease of 9.76% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Baxter Springs.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Columbus	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,185	6.21% decrease
	Galena	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,126	4.9% decrease
	Carl Junction (MO)	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	7,327	38.4% increase
	Carterville (MO)	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,972	6.59% increase
	Joplin (MO)	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	49,775	9.39% increase
	Seneca (MO)	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,267	6.18% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Baxter Springs.

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Baxter Springs. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes