Garland Kansas Map

About Garland, Kansas

Garland is a locality in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 55.9 people per km². Garland is located at 37.7317°N, 94.6225°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66741.

Garland occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and flat beneath a sky that seems to hold the weight of the entire continent. It lies 22.6 miles north-northeast of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 11°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-southeast of Fort Scott. The land here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic pulse of the prairie, where the tallgrass bends in unison against the insistent wind. Two miles to the west, Buck Run carves a modest path through the earth, its banks lined with cottonwoods that silver in the heat of midday. While the distant Rombaugh Hills create a faint, serrated edge against the western sky, the immediate landscape is one of open, sun-bleached fields that glow with a deep, amber intensity as the sun begins its slow descent.

Garland remains anchored to the rhythms of an agrarian history, where the labor of the seasons dictates the pace of daily affairs. Farmers continue to work the surrounding soil, a practice that defines the local economy as much as it preserves the quiet persistence of those who call this place home. The legacy of the region is felt in the steady, unadorned architecture that dots the landscape, reflecting a time when the railroad and the harvest were the twin engines of survival. On quiet afternoons, a traveler might look toward the horizon and recognize that life in Garland is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle shifts in light over the fields and the enduring connection to a landscape that demands both patience and respect.

About This Garland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garland, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.73171, -94.622459. 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 Garland includes the ZIP code (66741), telephone area code (913), county seat of Bourbon County (Fort Scott), and school district assignment (Fort Scott Unified School District 234).

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.