Furley Kansas Map

About Furley, Kansas

Furley is a locality in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 39. The population density is 61.0 people per km². Furley is located at 37.8792°N, 97.2128°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67147.

Furley stretches across the vast, uninterrupted flatness of the Kansas plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 12.2 miles north-northwest of Andover, KS (from Andover, KS: bearing 340°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east-northeast of Valley Center. The horizon remains a thin, sharp line, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the rhythmic shiver of cottonwood trees huddled near the banks of Prairie Creek. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, honeyed color, pulling long shadows over the dormant fields and highlighting the subtle, tectonic shifts of the soil. While Gast Lake sits nine miles away as a quiet, reflective basin, Furley draws its primary character from the dry, persistent breath of the wind that rearranges the dust and keeps the tallgrass of the surrounding expanse in constant, hushed conversation.

Furley maintains a quiet fidelity to its agricultural roots, serving as a modest waypoint in a region defined by the seasonal labor of planting and harvest. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the cycle of crop rotation dictates the pace of daily affairs more effectively than any clock. Residents seeking a moment of respite often travel toward Kechi City Park, finding a rare human-scaled enclosure amidst the immense openness of the landscape. Life here operates with a sturdy, unadorned pragmatism, shaped by the memory of harsh seasons and the quiet persistence of those who choose to remain. Every fence line and gravel road serves as a reminder of a history built on endurance, leaving the inhabitants to navigate the seasons with a steady, watchful patience.

About This Furley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Furley, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.87918, -97.212816. 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 Furley includes the ZIP code (67147), telephone area code (785), county seat of Sedgwick County (Wichita), and school district assignment (Remington-Whitewater Unified School District 206).

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.