Elsmore Kansas Map

About Elsmore, Kansas

Elsmore is a locality in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 127.0 people per km². Elsmore is located at 37.7945°N, 95.1503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elsmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66732.

Elsmore occupies a quiet stretch of the Kansas prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 36.0 miles northwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 318°T), and is situated 18.6 miles east-northeast of Chanute. The landscape is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition between open farmland and the thickets of timber that follow the Jackie Branch Marmaton River, a waterway that marks the land just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Rombaugh Hills provides a jagged, blue-tinted anchor to the otherwise level expanse, while the nearby Bourbon Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary for switchgrass and native birds. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular violet that clarifies the edges of the barns and fence lines, casting long, lean shadows that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the wheat.

Elsmore retains the quiet gravity of a place built on the steady cycles of agriculture and the persistence of local rail history. The economy remains tethered to the surrounding fields, where the patterns of planting and harvest dictate the pace of life, moving with a gravity that feels indifferent to the frantic noise of larger centers. While the proximity to Nyman Lake provides a modest relief from the summer heat, the true character of the place is found in the weathered wood of its remaining structures and the way the wind carries the scent of dry soil and curing hay across the porch steps. Residents navigate their days with an observant, low-key endurance, finding a particular beauty in the way the seasons turn the plains from a brittle, pale gold to a deep, verdant green, grounding their routines in the unchanging demands of the Kansas soil.

About This Elsmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elsmore, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.794486, -95.150255. 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 Elsmore includes the ZIP code (66732), telephone area code (913), county seat of Allen County (Iola), and school district assignment (Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256).

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.