Chautauqua Kansas Map

About Chautauqua, Kansas

Chautauqua is a locality in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 108. The population density is 98.3 people per km². Chautauqua is located at 37.0203°N, 96.1767°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chautauqua is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67334.

Chautauqua emerges from the sprawling Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, marked by the persistent presence of Turkey Creek as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 47.6 miles east-southeast of Winfield, KS (from Winfield, KS: bearing 108°T), and is situated 21.7 miles north-northwest of Bartlesville. The horizon is defined by the subtle, rugged rise of the Chautauqua Hills, which cast long, violet shadows across the tallgrass as the sun begins its descent. Cottonwoods stand like sentinels along the creek bed, their silver-backed leaves shivering in the constant, restless wind that defines the character of this region. To the south, the terrain slopes toward the Hulah Wildlife Management Area, where the land opens into a vast, unhurried expanse of native prairie that seems to hold the very memory of the elements within its soil.

Chautauqua carries the weight of a frontier heritage, its identity forged in the era of homesteading and the slow, deliberate cultivation of the surrounding acreage. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, primarily focused on agriculture and the stubborn resilience of those who tend to the wheat-horizon plains. Life here moves with a gravity that acknowledges the distance between neighbors, often finding its relief in the quiet stillness found near Sedan City Lake or the slow transition of light across the limestone outcrops. For the people of Chautauqua, the day is measured not by the ticking of a clock, but by the shifting clarity of the air and the way the light catches the golden stalks at the edge of the field, reinforcing a sense of permanence in a landscape that is always in motion.

About This Chautauqua Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chautauqua, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.020335, -96.176656. 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 Chautauqua includes the ZIP code (67334), telephone area code (785), county seat of Chautauqua County (Sedan), and school district assignment (Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286).

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.