Explore Chetopa, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chetopa, 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 Chetopa.
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 | Chetopa |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Labette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.037292 |
| Longitude | -95.089961 |
| Population | 929 |
| Density | 263.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67336 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Oswego |
| School District | Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505 |
Chetopa rises from the earth where the Neosho River carves a slow, deliberate path through the southeastern corner of the plains. It lies 33.4 miles southwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 219°T), and is situated 16.3 miles northwest of Miami. The landscape here is defined by a deep, quiet fertility, where the heavy soil of the river valley meets the expansive prairie horizon. To the west, the subtle rise of Potato Hill breaks the monotony of the flatlands, catching the long, golden light of late afternoon. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain softens into the quiet expanse of the Cherokee Lowlands Fee, where the native grasses sway in a rhythm dictated by the persistent Kansas wind.
Chetopa anchors itself in a history shaped by the convergence of trade routes and the steady, reliable current of the Neosho River, which once powered local mills and sustained the early settlers who broke the sod. The economy maintains a steady, modest pace, tethered to the rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the local transit corridors that have served this region for generations. Residents often look toward the horizon or toward the distant, expansive surface of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees when seeking a reprieve from the daily labor of the fields. Daily life moves with a patient, unforced cadence, reflecting a culture that values the endurance of the land and the simple, enduring connections formed between neighbors in a place where the sky feels vast and the work is honest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chetopa, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.037292, -95.089961. 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 Chetopa includes the ZIP code (67336), telephone area code (785), county seat of Labette County (Oswego), and school district assignment (Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |