Centerville Kansas Map

About Centerville, Kansas

Centerville is a locality in Linn County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 78. The population density is 16.4 people per km². Centerville is located at 38.2209°N, 95.0141°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66014.

Centerville occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 30.5 miles south-southeast of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 153°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south of Osawatomie. Saline Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the local terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the current’s low murmur. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into a persistent, golden stretch of prairie grass that shifts in color from deep ochre to pale straw depending on the season. To the distant west, the silhouette of Graveyard Mound rises like a muted sentinel above the plains, a fixed point in a landscape that otherwise seems to drift with the wind. The air here holds a particular clarity at dusk, when the light turns amber and the shadows of the tallgrass lengthen until they touch the very edge of the road.

Centerville persists as a place defined by the steady, patient work of the soil and the legacy of families who have measured their lives in harvest cycles. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, a quiet industry that dictates the pulse of the main street and the movement of heavy machinery through the fields. While modern life moves with a different velocity, the people here maintain a connection to the stillness found at the Anderson County Prairies Fee, where the native ecosystem is preserved in its original, rugged state. Those seeking a respite from the dry, sun-baked fields often look toward Timber Lake, a destination eight miles away that offers a rare, reflective stillness in an otherwise thirsty landscape. Life in Centerville is composed of these small, durable constants, an existence shaped by the wind, the cycles of the earth, and the enduring patience required to thrive on the plains.

About This Centerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centerville, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.220859, -95.014136. 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 Centerville includes the ZIP code (66014), telephone area code (913), county seat of Linn County (Mound City), and school district assignment (Prairie View Unified School District 362).

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.