Colony Kansas Map

About Colony, Kansas

Colony is a locality in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 303.9 people per km². Colony is located at 38.0709°N, 95.3655°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colony is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66015.

Colony occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 38.0 miles south of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 188°T), and is situated 10.3 miles north of Iola. The land here is defined by its deep, earthen silence, broken only by the persistent rustle of wind through the grasses and the seasonal pulse of Carlyle Creek, which carves a modest, verdant path just a mile from the center of the grid. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Sand Hills creates a jagged ink-line against the evening light, while the Anderson County Prairies Fee preserves the wild, native character of the soil eight miles out, protecting the original texture of the landscape from the reach of the plow.

Colony emerged from the mid-continental push of settlers who sought stability in the heavy, fertile dirt, establishing an economy long anchored to the rhythms of grain and the patient cycles of the local harvest. While the pace of the day is dictated by the slow turning of seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, the influence of the nearby Lake Welda offers a rare stillness to the geography, providing a basin of reflection for the surrounding fields. The architecture of the streets remains spare and utilitarian, a collection of honest structures that have weathered decades of sun and gale, standing as quiet witnesses to a history written in the fiber of the wheat and the steady, enduring labor of those who call Colony their own.

About This Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colony, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.070863, -95.365536. 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 Colony includes the ZIP code (66015), telephone area code (913), county seat of Anderson County (Garnett), and school district assignment (Crest Unified School District 479).

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.