Bavaria is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60. It lies along K-140 and a Union Pacific Railroad line west of Salina.
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History
The place was originally known as Hohneck, after Ernst Hohneck, who settled there in 1865. It was also known as Honek. Bavaria was laid out by E. F. Drake in 1877 and named after the State of Bavaria in Germany.
The post office in Bavaria was closed in 1986.
Geography
Spring Creek flows through the community.
Demographics
Bavaria is a part of the Salina micropolitan area.
The 2020 United States census counted 60 people, 26 households, and 17 families in Bavaria. The population density was 263.2 per square mile (101.6/km2). There were 26 housing units at an average density of 114.0 per square mile (44.0/km2). The racial makeup was 80.0% (48) white or European American (73.33% non-Hispanic white), 0.0% (0) black or African-American, 0.0% (0) Native American or Alaska Native, 5.0% (3) Asian, 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 10.0% (6) from other races, and 5.0% (3) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 16.67% (10) of the population.