Coldwater Kansas Map

About Coldwater, Kansas

Coldwater is a locality in Comanche County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 687. The population density is 103.5 people per km². Coldwater is located at 37.2689°N, 99.3268°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coldwater is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67029.

Coldwater occupies a vast expanse of high plains where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, stretching in an unrelenting blue arc that dwarfs the modest architecture below. It lies 50.5 miles southeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 131°T), and is situated 57.8 miles north of Woodward. The horizon remains open and unburdened, save for the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tracing the path of Cavalry Creek. A few miles to the east, the stillness of Lake Coldwater mirrors the shifting clouds, while the distant, rugged profile of the Red Hills breaks the monotony of the flatlands like a serrated edge against the sunset. During the transition of dusk, the light here turns a bruised plum, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant basin of Snooks Hollow, grounding the landscape in a quiet, ancient gravity.

Coldwater preserves the austere legacy of the Great Plains, where the economy remains tethered to the patient labor of wheat fields and the rhythms of the cattle trade. The limestone courthouse stands as a central anchor, a testament to the settlers who carved a life out of the prairie long before the landscape was fully mapped. Life in Coldwater moves with the deliberate pace of seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industry, and the local identity is forged in the resilience required to endure the sweeping prairie winds. Residents often seek the solitude of the Red Hills to find respite from the openness, finding in the geology of the region a reflection of their own enduring character, defined by a stoic grace that persists despite the isolation of the plains.

About This Coldwater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coldwater, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.268913, -99.326781. 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 Coldwater includes the ZIP code (67029), telephone area code (785), county seat of Comanche County (Coldwater), and school district assignment (Comanche County Unified School District 300).

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.