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Centropolis Kansas Map

Explore Centropolis, 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 Centropolis, Kansas

How to Use This Centropolis, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Centropolis, 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 Centropolis.

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	Centropolis
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.716119
Longitude	-95.350254
Population	100
Density	115.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	66067
Area Code	913
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	West Franklin Unified School District 287

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About Centropolis, Kansas

Centropolis is a locality in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 115.3 people per km². Centropolis is located at 38.7161°N, 95.3503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66067.

Centropolis emerges from the vast, open expanse of the plains where the sky holds a heavy, meditative quality that seems to press the golden wheat toward the earth. It lies 8.3 miles north-northwest of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 327°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-southwest of Baldwin City. Cole Creek carves a quiet, silt-laden path through the landscape, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver and sigh whenever the relentless prairie wind shifts its direction. To the west, the Sand Hills rise like a blurred, pale bruise against the horizon, anchoring the otherwise limitless view. While the ground here remains firm and terrestrial, the light at dusk transforms the flat fields into a sea of amber, casting long, melancholy shadows that stretch toward Natural Springs Lake, which waits in the stillness four miles away.

Centropolis carries the weight of a history rooted in the soil, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and the slow, steady rhythm of agricultural labor. The local character is defined by a stoic endurance, a quiet remnant of the generations who learned to thrive amidst the volatile winds and the unforgiving sun. Residents often seek a brief respite at Forest Park & North Locust Street, a patch of managed green seven miles out that offers a rare, deliberate order to the wilder sprawl of the surrounding farmland. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a clock pendulum, reflecting a community that values the solidity of its limestone foundations and the quiet persistence of those who call Centropolis their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking) (Historic Ruins) — 6.5 mi, 165° S
Forest Park & North Locust Street (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 148° SE
Oalis Park (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 153° SE
Ottawa Silhouette (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 147° SE
Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 146° SE
Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 063° NE
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.7 mi, 064° NE
Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 052° NE
Clinton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 334° NW
Clinton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 334° NW
Spring Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 076° E
Pomona Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 254° W
Douglas State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 063° NE
Douglas State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 060° NE
Black Jack Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 12.1 mi, 075° E
Pomona State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 251° W
Sanders Mound (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 002° N
Breezedale (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 021° N
Phog Allen (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 018° N
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 018° N
The Granada (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 020° N
The Percolator (Arts Centre) — 18.4 mi, 020° N
Prairie Hills Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.4 mi, 019° N
Downtown Upstairs (Arts Centre) — 18.5 mi, 019° N
Liberty Hall (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 019° N
Locomotive #1073 (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 019° N
Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 227° SW
Gardner Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 074° E
Perry State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 348° N
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.9 mi, 219° SW · 37k acres

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