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Centralia Kansas Map

Explore Centralia, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Centralia, Kansas

How to Use This Centralia, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Centralia, Kansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kansas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Centralia.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Centralia
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Nemaha County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.725831
Longitude	-96.127225
Population	485
Density	412.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66415
Area Code	913
County Seat	Seneca
School District	Vermillion Unified School District 380

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About Centralia, Kansas

Centralia is a locality in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 485. The population density is 412.5 people per km². Centralia is located at 39.7258°N, 96.1272°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Centralia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66415.

Centralia occupies a stretch of high, expansive prairie where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the tallgrass in a seamless, unbroken hem. It lies 44.3 miles north-northeast of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 32°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-southwest of Seneca. The Black Vermillion River carves a shallow, deliberate path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver whenever the persistent plains wind gathers its strength. During the golden hour, the light turns the surrounding fields into a vast, gilded expanse, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle, rhythmic swell of the land. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains open and austere, offering a quiet clarity that feels as old as the soil itself, undisturbed by the distant, hazy suggestions of landforms like Twin Mounds that anchor the far-off corners of the view.

Centralia stands as a sturdy monument to the agricultural persistence that defined the settlement of these plains, its economy deeply rooted in the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the local farmer. The rhythm of daily life here moves in accordance with the turning seasons, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, though the proximity of the Nemaha Wildlife Area provides a preserved sanctuary for the native flora and fauna that once claimed this entire region. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Sabetha City Lake when they seek a different quality of stillness, yet the true character of the place is found in the modest, hardworking architecture that has weathered generations of prairie storms. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the enduring grain elevators and the quiet, steady labor of a people who have learned to thrive in the expansive, wind-swept silence of the Kansas interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nemaha Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 057° NE
Crucifix (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 076° E
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 252° W
Windmill (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 027° NE
Totem Pole (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 026° NE
Pawnee Prairie Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 334° NW
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 1 And Wildlife (State Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 221° SW
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 220° SW
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 357° N
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 358° N
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 356° N
Jackson County Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 131° SE
Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 131° SE
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 264° W
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 29.4 mi, 273° W
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 003° N
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 003° N
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 32.4 mi, 095° E
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 32.5 mi, 074° E
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 35.5 mi, 077° E
Missile Silo Home (Attraction) — 36.8 mi, 198° S
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 38.9 mi, 219° SW
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 43.2 mi, 064° NE
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 46.6 mi, 039° NE
West Lawn Memorial Gardens (Attraction) — 49.5 mi, 160° S
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.7 mi, 059° NE · 15k acres

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