Cottonwood Falls Kansas Map

About Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Cottonwood Falls is a locality in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 851. The population density is 510.2 people per km². Cottonwood Falls is located at 38.3722°N, 96.5428°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cottonwood Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66845.

Cottonwood Falls emerges from the tallgrass prairie where the earth swells into long, rhythmic waves of limestone and switchgrass. It lies 19.7 miles west of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 264°T), and is situated 20.1 miles south of Council Grove. The Cottonwood River cuts a singular, winding path through this terrain, its banks lined with the namesake trees that cast long, shifting shadows across the valley floor. Only two miles distant, the quiet expanse of Chase County State Lake holds the reflection of the vast, unhindered sky, while the nearby Greater Flint Hills Fee preserves the raw, unplowed character of the tallgrass ecosystem. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, especially in the late afternoon when the light turns the color of pale honey and the wind rustles through the dormant stalks of the plains.

Cottonwood Falls serves as the administrative center for the county, anchored by a limestone courthouse that stands as a deliberate, heavy monument to the era of its founding. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal cycles of the surrounding ranches and the endurance of regional agriculture, grounding the daily pace in the practicalities of land management and livestock. Beyond the architectural austerity of the main square, the life of Cottonwood Falls moves with the steady, predictable gravity of a place that has long watched the wheat-horizon plains shift under the weight of changing weather. Men and women navigate the streets with a quiet awareness of the horizon, recognizing that the land itself is the primary architect of their endurance and the final arbiter of their work.

About This Cottonwood Falls Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.372236, -96.542784. 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 Cottonwood Falls includes the ZIP code (66845), telephone area code (913), county seat of Chase County (Cottonwood Falls), and school district assignment (Chase County Unified School District 284).

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.