Deerfield Kansas Map

About Deerfield, Kansas

Deerfield is a locality in Kearny County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 711. The population density is 570.7 people per km². Deerfield is located at 37.9797°N, 101.1332°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Deerfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67838.

Deerfield emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the high plains like a quiet observation held in the amber light of a fading afternoon. It lies 14.2 miles west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 272°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west of Holcomb. The horizon here is a wide, unblinking eye, where the land flattens into an endless geometry of wheat and sorghum fields, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a stubborn cluster of cottonwoods. Three miles to the north, Lake McKinney gathers the pale sky into its shallow basin, while the Arkansas River carves a sluggish, singular path just one mile away, its presence marked by the silver flash of water through the silt. To the west, the subtle depressions of Mattox Draw suggest the ancient, patient work of erosion, reminding the traveler that even this level earth is slowly shifting, rearranging itself under the weight of the persistent, restless wind.

Deerfield carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the promise of the soil, its history rooted in the grit of those who broke the prairie sod to carve out a living. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture, a life defined by the harvest and the singular focus of the seasons, where the local pace is set by the slow turning of heavy machinery and the distant hum of rail traffic. Twelve miles away, the Finney Game Refuge provides a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet wildlife, a stark contrast to the industrious, orderly squares of the surrounding farms. Life in Deerfield possesses a deliberate, unadorned clarity, where the evening shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel roads, and the stars at night settle over the flat landscape with a cold, brilliant intensity that makes the world feel both immense and profoundly still.

About This Deerfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deerfield, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.979744, -101.133224. 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 Deerfield includes the ZIP code (67838), telephone area code (785), county seat of Kearny County (Lakin), and school district assignment (Deerfield Unified School District 216).

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.