Menlo, Kansas

About Menlo

Set in the northwestern part of Kansas, Menlo is a tiny community, home to 30 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Menlo holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.12 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 250 residents per square mile.

📰 Menlo News Today

• Standoff in Western Kansas resolved without injury KAKE · Oct 1
• Gary E. Baalman Obituary (2026) - Hoxie, KS - Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home Legacy | Obituary · May 8
• Sharon L. Stupka Obituary Oct 4, 2020 - Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home · Oct 4
• Iva Jane Houston Dengel & Son · Nov 8
• Doug Clements - Menlo Obituary September 26, 2012 Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory · Nov 10

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What Makes Menlo Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.12 sq mi.
• With 30 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in northwestern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

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 16 miles.

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