Portis, Kansas

About Portis

Portis, KS is a tiny community located in northwestern Kansas with an estimated population of 84.

Portis holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.26 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 323 residents per square mile.

📰 Portis News Today

• Donna Dae Macy Obituary (2026) - Portis, KS - Rentschler Family Mortuaries - Clark Gashaw Chapel - Osborne Legacy obituary · Apr 13
• Dr. Darryl Edgar Matter Obituary Apr 9, 2026 Petersen Family Funeral Home · Apr 9
• Gina Lee (Wolters) Schamberger Hays Post · Apr 4
• Portis, KS Weather Radar WeatherBug · Sep 9
• Gary Quillin Obituary Jan 22, 2025 - Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home | Clay Center, KS Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home | Clay Center, KS · Sep 20

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What Makes Portis Unique

• The only place in America named Portis — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.26 sq mi.
• With 84 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

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