Coats Kansas Map

About Coats, Kansas

Coats is a locality in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 115.7 people per km². Coats is located at 37.5120°N, 98.8243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coats is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67028.

Coats emerges from the expansive Kansas plains as a quiet collection of buildings defined by the vast, open sky that presses down upon the horizon. It lies 59.0 miles south of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 183°T), and is situated 10.3 miles south-southwest of Pratt. The landscape surrounding Coats is defined by a rigorous, flat geometry, where the pale earth meets the thin, atmospheric blue of the mid-continental air. A mile away, the quiet passage of East Branch South Elm Creek carves a subtle, verdant scar through the heavy silt, marked by the silver-leafed cottonwoods that stand as solitary sentinels against the relentless prairie wind. To the west, the distant, hazy outlines of the Red Hills provide a jagged anchor for the eye, reminding the traveler of the ancient, shifting geological character of this dry, inland expanse.

Coats maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by an economy that remains deeply tethered to the cycles of the grain harvest and the endurance of the local soil. The history of the area is etched into the very grain of the wooden siding and the weathered brickwork of the older storefronts, where the memory of lean years and bountiful seasons is held in a collective, silent respect. Residents find their recreation in the quietude of the plains, often venturing toward the water of Pratt County Lake or the structured greenery of Lemon Park to observe the changing light as it turns the dry grasses into shades of copper and gold. Life here is not hurried, but rather organized around the fundamental rhythms of the seasons, maintaining a singular, modest dignity that persists long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world.

About This Coats Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coats, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.511964, -98.824262. 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 Coats includes the ZIP code (67028), telephone area code (785), county seat of Pratt County (Pratt), and school district assignment (Skyline Schools Unified School District 438).

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.