Ada Kansas Map

About Ada, Kansas

Ada is a locality in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 86. The population density is 13.1 people per km². Ada is located at 39.1622°N, 97.8859°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67467.

Ada sits amidst a vast expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled tight by the constant, restless weight of the wind. It lies 26.2 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 325°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-northwest of Minneapolis. Salt Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for the quiet movement of the current. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Blue Hills marks the boundary of the visible world, rising like a bruised shadow against the evening sky. The air here holds a clarity that renders the gold of the wheat fields almost brittle, and when the sun slips low, the light pools in the furrows of the land with an intensity that makes the very soil seem luminous.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Ada, driving a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of harvest that has long defined the character of the people who reside here. The landscape bears the quiet marks of a history built on perseverance, where the scarcity of water necessitates a careful stewardship of the land. While the Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a place of respite seventeen miles away, the daily life of Ada is tethered to the local fields and the steady, unadorned work of the plains. Even when the distant, shimmering surface of State Lake draws those seeking a momentary stillness, the residents return to the familiar, flat topography that demands nothing more than an honest day’s labor and a tolerance for the wide, unshielded sky.

About This Ada Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ada, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.1622, -97.885948. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ada includes the ZIP code (67467), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ottawa County (Minneapolis), and school district assignment (North Ottawa County Unified School District 239).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.