Cawker City, Kansas

About Cawker City

Set in the northern part of Kansas, Cawker City is a tiny community counting 462 people who proudly call it home.

Cawker City holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.01 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 457 residents per square mile.

📰 Cawker City News Today

• Joe Johnston – Cawker City, KS – 04.03.2026 Meyers Funeral Chapel Kansas City MO · Mar 4
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Cawker City, Kansas - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 17
• Friday Flights: Cawker City KAKE · Aug 14
• Tourists flocking to Cawker City, Kansas, to see record ball of twine - The Topeka Capital-Journal The Topeka Capital-Journal · May 6
• Northern Kansas highway to close for railroad crossing repairs - KSN-TV KSN-TV · Jun 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Kansas headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Cawker City Unique

• The only place in America named Cawker City — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Kansas — one of 740 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cawker City

• Corner Bar and Grill
• Hindquarter Bar & Grill
• Jaybird's Chicken — chicken

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Cawker City

• Lakeside Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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