Burrton Kansas Map

About Burrton, Kansas

Burrton is a locality in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 861. The population density is 374.8 people per km². Burrton is located at 38.0239°N, 97.6698°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burrton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67020.

Burrton occupies a wide, expansive stretch of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in a blur of muted gold and gray. It lies 14.4 miles east of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 100°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Halstead. The land here is defined by a rigorous flatness that allows the wind to carve invisible paths through the tallgrass, unobstructed by anything save for the occasional cluster of cottonwoods lining the banks of North Branch Kisiwa Creek. A mile from the center of Burrton, the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate pace, reflecting the shifting moods of the clouds above. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape occasionally swells into gentle rises, and for those who seek the quietude of wilder spaces, Sandhills State Park offers a sanctuary of dunes and scrub oak eleven miles away, while the still, reflective surface of Saucer Lake waits four miles out to catch the early light of dawn.

Burrton emerged from the late nineteenth-century push across the prairie, growing as a waypoint for those who saw the potential in the deep, dark soil. The economy remains tethered to this primary rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for everyone who calls the region home. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the grid of streets, serving as the town’s most visible markers of industry and commerce. There is a particular endurance in the way the buildings have weathered the decades, standing firm against the relentless sweep of the plains. Daily life in Burrton follows a steady, predictable cadence, where the loudest sound is often the rustle of dry stalks or the distant hum of machinery, creating a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present.

About This Burrton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burrton, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.0239, -97.669768. 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 Burrton includes the ZIP code (67020), telephone area code (785), county seat of Harvey County (Newton), and school district assignment (Burrton Unified School District 369).

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.