Bentley Kansas Map

About Bentley, Kansas

Bentley is a locality in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 560. The population density is 711.2 people per km². Bentley is located at 37.8861°N, 97.5170°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bentley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67016.

Bentley anchors itself firmly into the flat, expansive horizon of the Kansas plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth below. It lies 14.5 miles southwest of Newton, KS (from Newton, KS: bearing 220°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-northwest of Valley Center. The land here stretches out in a quiet, relentless geometry of agricultural fields, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees or the sudden, sharp verticality of a grain elevator. A few miles to the east, the Arkansas River marks the landscape with its slow, meandering path, carving a subtle depression through the silt and soil that defines the regional topography. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light flattens across the stubble of harvested crops, casting long, thin shadows that lend the terrain a temporary, fragile depth before the sun dips below the edge of the world.

Bentley maintains a character forged by the steady, cyclical demands of farming and the modest requirements of rural commerce. History here is written in the soil and the persistent, restless wind that shapes the rhythm of the work day, favoring those who find purpose in the maintenance of heavy machinery and the seasonal pulse of the harvest. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Wetland Park for a respite from the intensity of the open fields, or observe the distant, shimmering surface of Wilson Lake when the heat of mid-summer demands a change in the air. Life in Bentley moves with a deliberate, unadorned precision, defined by a community that recognizes the value of silence and the quiet endurance required to thrive on the high plains.

About This Bentley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bentley, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.886123, -97.516988. 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 Bentley includes the ZIP code (67016), telephone area code (785), county seat of Sedgwick County (Wichita), and school district assignment (Halstead Unified School District 440).

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.