Grenola Kansas Map

About Grenola, Kansas

Grenola is a locality in Elk County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 125.4 people per km². Grenola is located at 37.3486°N, 96.4506°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grenola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67346.

Grenola occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas prairie, where the earth stretches toward a vast, pale sky and the horizon line remains unbroken by anything but the stubborn, rhythmic movement of the wind. It lies 30.9 miles east-northeast of Winfield, KS (from Winfield, KS: bearing 76°T), and is situated 34.0 miles south-southwest of Eureka. Corum Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the limestone-streaked soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean inward as if whispering to the water. The light here has a crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the tallgrass until the entire plain shimmers in shades of amber and pale ochre. Thirteen miles to the west, the silhouette of Hogback Hill rises like a dormant spine against the afternoon haze, providing a steady, silent anchor to a landscape that otherwise feels as though it might drift away into the clouds.

History in Grenola is written in the stubborn endurance of its foundations and the remnants of an era when the railroad determined the pulse of the prairie. The economy remains tethered to the land, defined by the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the quiet persistence of those who work the heavy, fertile soil. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the streets, the rugged terrain offers few diversions, though the occasional traveler might venture nineteen miles to Butler State Fishing Lake to find a stillness that mirrors the solitude of the plains. Life in Grenola proceeds with an unforced gravity, undisturbed by the urgency of the wider world, where the primary conversation is held between the changing seasons and the persistent, restless air that sweeps across the plains.

About This Grenola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grenola, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.348643, -96.450564. 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 Grenola includes the ZIP code (67346), telephone area code (785), county seat of Elk County (Howard), and school district assignment (Central Unified School District 462).

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.