Coffey County, Kansas Map
Explore Coffey County, Kansas with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 6 cities and towns in Coffey County below.
Interactive Map of Coffey County, Kansas
| County | Coffey |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County Seat | Burlington |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 38.241549 |
| Longitude | -95.743134 |
| Cities & Towns | 6 |
| Area Codes | 913 |
About Coffey County, Kansas
Coffey County occupies a transitional space where the flat, expansive wheat horizons of the west begin to fray into the jagged, limestone-strewn ridges of the Flint Hills. The landscape is defined by the Neosho River, which cuts a slow, serpentine path through the terrain, flanked by dense groves of cottonwood trees that lean toward the water as if listening to the current. These riparian corridors offer a sharp contrast to the surrounding tallgrass prairie, where the wind exerts a constant, restless pressure on the stalks, bending them in waves that mimic the movement of a gray sea under a heavy, expansive sky. To the north and south, the land yields to similar stretches of prairie, yet here the earth feels more deliberate, shaped by the weight of deep-rooted grasses and the periodic, cleansing fire that keeps the brush at bay.
Coffey County took its formal shape during a period of fierce territorial agitation, organized by settlers who arrived when the frontier was still a volatile, shifting concept. The county seat emerged through the localized friction of early governance, eventually anchoring itself in a central location that reflected the pragmatic needs of agrarian life. The courthouse, constructed of local limestone, stands as a heavy, square presence, its walls absorbing the heat of the summer sun and radiating a muted, mineral warmth long after the light has retreated. This building serves as a silent witness to the generations who moved across these plains, carrying the residual memory of the Dust Bowl years—a time when the sky turned to grit and the soil itself seemed to migrate, leaving behind a profound respect for the precariousness of life on the high plains.
Modern life in this region is tethered to the cycles of the earth and the hum of industrial cooling towers that rise unexpectedly above the prairie, marking a strange, metallic shift in an otherwise pastoral horizon. Residents balance the traditional labor of the soil with the technical demands of a local energy sector, creating a community that feels both anchored in history and suspended in a quiet, technological present. At dusk, the quality of light here takes on a bruised, amber intensity, catching the dust motes and the skeletal silhouettes of old fences until the land seems to hold its breath. It is a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the movement of the clouds and the sudden, sharp clarity of the air, demanding a kind of observant patience from those who choose to stay when the wind settles and the shadows stretch across the grass.
Cities and Towns in Coffey County
About This Coffey County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Coffey County, Kansas alongside links to detailed street maps for 6 cities and towns. The county seat is Burlington. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
