Harveyville is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States.

It was named for Henry Harvey, a missionary to the Shawnee Indians and early settlers at the town site.

[7][8] Approximately 40 percent of Harveyville's buildings experienced significant damage and one of the town's two churches was completely destroyed.

[10][11] The National Weather Service determined the tornado was on the ground for four minutes and had a maximum width of 150 yards (140 m).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.

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

[13] Harveyville is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The 2020 United States census counted 178 people, 82 households, and 47 families in Harveyville.

41.5% of households consisted of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the city was 95.3% White, 1.3% Native American, 1.7% Asian, and 1.7% from two or more races.

About 14.5% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.0% of those 65 or over.

The Harveyville Yellow Jackets[29] won the Kansas State High School boys class BB Indoor Track & Field championship in 1966.

Though the city is two miles northwest of the Kansas Turnpike, the nearest exit is located much farther southwest, along U.S. Route 56, in Lyon County.

Harveyville is also the setting of the Depression era novel, "The Persian Pickle Club" by Sandra Dallas published in 1995 by St. Martin's Griffin.