Circleville Kansas Map

About Circleville, Kansas

Circleville is a locality in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 153. The population density is 233.5 people per km². Circleville is located at 39.5083°N, 95.8586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Circleville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66416.

Circleville occupies a modest expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 33.2 miles north-northwest of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 343°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-northwest of Holton. Elk Creek carves a shallow, meandering path near the settlement, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver when the prairie wind gains momentum. The land here is defined by a vast, open consistency, where the soil holds the deep, dark memory of tallgrass roots and the light at dusk turns the fields into a bruised, copper-toned expanse. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the terrain rises into subtle, undulating swells that suggest the distant, quiet presence of Peanaz Hill to the south.

Circleville maintains a rhythm anchored by the agricultural life of the surrounding acreage, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the day. The economic pulse of the region remains tied to the cultivation of the soil, a practice that has persisted since the earliest homesteaders broke the sod and began to organize their lives around the seasonal shifts of the plains. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Prairie Lake or the recreational expanse of Elk Horn Lake Park for a change of pace, finding in these spaces a necessary stillness that mirrors the town’s own endurance. There is a singular honesty in the architecture and the empty, sun-bleached roads, a reminder that in this geography, the wind and the work are the primary forces that shape the character of the people who remain.

About This Circleville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Circleville, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.508328, -95.858599. 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 Circleville includes the ZIP code (66416), telephone area code (913), county seat of Jackson County (Holton), and school district assignment (North Jackson Unified School District 335).

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.