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Formoso Kansas Map

Explore Formoso, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Formoso, Kansas

How to Use This Formoso, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Formoso, Kansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kansas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Formoso.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Formoso
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Jewell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.78001
Longitude	-97.992267
Population	94
Density	146.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66942
Area Code	913
County Seat	Mankato
School District	Rock Hills Unified School District 107

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About Formoso, Kansas

Formoso is a locality in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 146.9 people per km². Formoso is located at 39.7800°N, 97.9923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Formoso is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66942.

Formoso emerges from the vast expanse of the Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising in every direction. It lies 68.0 miles north-northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 343°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west of Belleville. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of prairie grasses that shiver under the relentless push of the wind, bowing toward the low-lying ripples of the land. Two miles to the east, the thin, winding ribbon of East Marsh Creek cuts through the silt, its banks lined with the gnarled skeletons of cottonwoods that drink deep from the seasonal flow. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain lifts toward the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Hills Upland, a subtle shift in elevation that breaks the monotony of the wheat-colored plains. When the sun dips low, the light bleeds across the fields in long, bruised purples and golds, casting the entire geography into a profound, hollow stillness that feels as old as the soil itself.

Formoso holds the quiet weight of a regional history built upon the labor of furrow and grain, serving as a modest anchor for the surrounding agricultural life. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, with the local silo acting as the primary monument to a life governed by the arrival of rain and the yield of the crop. While seven miles away the Jamestown Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds and the preservation of native scrub, the daily pulse of Formoso is measured in the slow movement of heavy machinery on two-lane roads and the faint, dusty hum of activity near the rail lines. Life here proceeds with an unadorned directness, shaped by the memory of dry years and the necessity of endurance. In this space, the past is not a museum piece but a lived reality, observable in the weathered siding of older barns and the way the residents watch the clouds, ever mindful of the weather that dictates the fortunes of the season.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jamestown Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 152° SE
Lovewell Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 348° N
Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 345° N
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 343° N
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 347° N
Train caboose (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 083° E
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 083° E
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 080° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 081° E
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 079° E
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 129° SE
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 129° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 22.8 mi, 130° SE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 222° SW
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 25.7 mi, 223° SW
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 25.9 mi, 222° SW
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 225° SW
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 27.9 mi, 314° NW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 232° SW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 276° W
Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 237° SW
Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 36.4 mi, 065° NE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 45.6 mi, 355° N
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 45.8 mi, 352° N
Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 47.0 mi, 078° E
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 48.7 mi, 037° NE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 51.8 mi, 189° S
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 57.7 mi, 210° SW
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.4 mi, 046° NE · 124 acres
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.5 mi, 002° N · 324 acres

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