Cedar Vale Kansas Map

About Cedar Vale, Kansas

Cedar Vale is a locality in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 476. The population density is 243.7 people per km². Cedar Vale is located at 37.1042°N, 96.5000°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cedar Vale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67024.

Cedar Vale emerges from the expansive Kansas prairie as a quiet confluence of water and limestone, where the persistent flow of Cedar Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 28.8 miles east-southeast of Winfield, KS (from Winfield, KS: bearing 109°T), and is situated 29.8 miles east of Arkansas City. This landscape is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the terrain, where cottonwoods lean toward the creek banks and the horizon stretches thin under a vast, pale sky. Five miles to the west, the water gathers momentum at Osro Falls, a rare fracture in the limestone shelf that breaks the stillness of the afternoon. When the wind moves across the grasses, it carries the dry, earthen scent of the plains, a reminder that the distant Flint Hills provide the rugged, stony backdrop to an otherwise level world.

Cedar Vale functions as a steady center for the surrounding agricultural life, where the memory of the land’s resilience remains etched in the daily labor of those who work the soil. The economy draws its strength from the cycles of the harvest, while the quietude of the streets reflects a history built upon the slow, deliberate pace of the rural Midwest. Residents often venture toward the Hulah Wildlife Management Area or seek the stillness of Oknoname 113127 Reservoir when the heat of late summer settles over the fields. Life in Cedar Vale moves with the turning of the seasons, maintaining a grounded character that values the weight of local tradition over the clamor of the modern world.

About This Cedar Vale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedar Vale, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.104204, -96.500011. 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 Cedar Vale includes the ZIP code (67024), telephone area code (785), county seat of Chautauqua County (Sedan), and school district assignment (Cedar Vale Unified School District 285).

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.