Dorrance Kansas Map

About Dorrance, Kansas

Dorrance is a locality in Russell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 146. The population density is 166.3 people per km². Dorrance is located at 38.8467°N, 98.5895°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dorrance is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67634.

Dorrance sits quietly upon the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the day. It lies 34.6 miles north-northeast of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 16°T), and is situated 14.9 miles east-southeast of Russell. The land here acts as a slow-moving sea of wheat and golden grasses, interrupted only by the occasional sharp, vertical line of a grain elevator or the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Hills rising against the western sky. Three miles away, the Smoky Hill River traces a meandering path through the earth, its banks lined with the gnarled, protective embrace of cottonwood trees that lean into the wind. Five miles to the north, the waters of Wilson Lake catch the shifting pigments of the evening sky, reflecting a stillness that settles over the surrounding fields as the heat of the afternoon finally begins to dissipate.

Dorrance carries the quiet weight of a century’s worth of harvests, its architecture defined by the sturdy, unadorned utility of early homesteading and the enduring limestone that marks the region’s older foundations. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the soil, with the daily life of residents dictated by the needs of the surrounding farmland and the shifting prices of the grain trade. Those seeking a reprieve from the labor of the fields often look toward the Wilson Recreation Area, where the land offers a brief, verdant pause in an otherwise rigorous landscape of agricultural production. There is a particular, austere beauty in how Dorrance holds its own against the persistent, scouring breath of the plains, a resilience reflected in the steady, measured pace of the few streets that comprise the center of the village.

About This Dorrance Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dorrance, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.846678, -98.589516. 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 Dorrance includes the ZIP code (67634), telephone area code (785), county seat of Russell County (Russell), and school district assignment (Central Plains Unified School District 112).

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.