Clifton Kansas Map

About Clifton, Kansas

Clifton is a locality in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 454. The population density is 429.6 people per km². Clifton is located at 39.5672°N, 97.2786°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clifton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66937.

Clifton emerges from the expansive Kansas plains as a collection of sturdy silhouettes against a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 44.2 miles north-northwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 327°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-northwest of Clay Center. The landscape surrounding Clifton is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of tallgrass prairie, where the wind shapes the vegetation into a living, shifting sea of amber and emerald. Parsons Creek meanders through the low ground only a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that stand as silent sentinels over the water. In the distance, the subtle rise of Twin Mounds breaks the horizon, providing a fixed point for the eye amidst the vast, level expanse of the rural geography. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, honeyed quality, catching the dust motes and turning the entire horizon into a study of violet and bruised gold.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Clifton, an economy rooted deep in the soil and the cycles of the harvest that have dictated the pace of life here for generations. The legacy of those who first broke this ground remains visible in the quiet endurance of the storefronts and the limestone foundations that anchor the buildings to the prairie. While the pace of modern days is swift, the people of Clifton maintain a careful attention to the seasons, their lives intertwined with the success of the wheat and the temperament of the climate. Beyond the immediate fields, residents might seek the quietude of Stillwater Lake or make the short journey to Reed Park, yet the gravity of the local life always pulls back toward the center of the grid. It is a place where the history of the plains is not merely remembered but practiced in the daily motions of a community that knows exactly where it stands beneath the immense, open canopy of the Midwest.

About This Clifton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clifton, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.567221, -97.278642. 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 Clifton includes the ZIP code (66937), telephone area code (913), county seat of Washington County (Washington), and school district assignment (Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224).

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.