Bunker Hill is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States.

B. Corbett and Valentine Harbaugh, leaders of a colony from Ohio, founded Bunker Hill at a site on the Kansas Pacific Railway in the summer of 1871.

[4][5] The settlement received its name from a Butterfield Overland Despatch station, built in 1865, that had preceded it on the site.

Many Bunker Hill residents moved with it, stunting the growth and development of the town.

By 1883, a small business community emerged, including a hotel, flour mill, and several shops.

[8] The community lies in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Smoky Hill River and 7 miles (11 km) south of the Saline River.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.38 square miles (3.57 km2), all land.

[9] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[10] The 2020 United States census counted 103 people, 44 households, and 21 families in Bunker Hill.

The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were: retail trade (27.6%); arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (13.8%); and wholesale trade (13.8%).

[22] Bunker Hill is a city of the third class with a mayor-council form of government.

[24] The community is served by Russell County USD 407 public school district.

The Bunker Hill High School mascot was White Owls.

[26] Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 run concurrently east-west, one mile south of the city.

[29] Most residents use natural gas for heating fuel; service is provided by Midwest Energy, Inc.[29] Bunker Hill is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market.

[31] The Bunker Hill Museum, located in an old limestone church one block east of Main Street, displays documents and artifacts from the community's history.

[33] Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Bunker Hill include: