Dodge City Kansas Map

About Dodge City, Kansas

Dodge City is a locality in Ford County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of 27,613. The population density is 711.1 people per km². Dodge City is located at 37.7528°N, 100.0171°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67801.

Dodge City spreads across the Kansas prairie, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow whole horizons, and the land rolls out in an endless, sun-baked expanse. It lies 49.1 miles east-south-east of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 108°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-north-west of Wilroads Gardens. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of sun-dried grasses and distant dust, a constant reminder of the wide-open country that defines this western Kansas settlement. Buildings, often low-slung and painted in muted tones that echo the ochre and straw of the surrounding terrain, seem to hunker down against the wind, their awnings providing slivers of shade against the insistent sun. Even in the quietest moments, there’s a subtle hum of resilience, a sense that the land itself has shaped the character of Dodge City and its people. This is a place etched by the passage of cattle drives and the dreams of westward expansion, a name that conjures images of dusty saloons and legendary lawmen. The economic pulse of Dodge City has long been tied to the fertile soil and the agricultural bounty it yields, with grain elevators standing like silent sentinels against the blue sky, testament to the enduring power of wheat and corn. While the rough-and-tumble frontier days have long since passed, a spirit of pragmatic optimism, a willingness to face down challenges head-on, still seems to imbue the town. The Santa Fe Trail, a ghost of commerce and connection, once traversed this very ground, leaving behind echoes of a vital artery that connected East to West, and it's a history that continues to inform the identity of Dodge City.

About This Dodge City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dodge City, Kansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.752798, -100.017079. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Dodge City and Ford County.

Detailed location data for Dodge City includes the ZIP code (67801), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ford County (Dodge City), and school district assignment (Dodge City Unified School District 443). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Dodge City is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.