Hoxie Kansas Map

About Hoxie, Kansas

Hoxie is a locality in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,211. The population density is 543.7 people per km². Hoxie is located at 39.3575°N, 100.4418°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hoxie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67740.

Hoxie holds the vast, flat expanse of the high plains in a quiet tension between the immense sky and the yielding earth. It lies 68.3 miles west-northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 299°T), and is situated 32.7 miles east of Colby. The horizon here is an unending line, broken only by the thin, vertical grain of silos and the occasional stand of cottonwoods that mark the path of Sand Creek as it carves a shallow, unassuming passage through the silt. During the late afternoon, the light loses its harshness, bleaching the fields into a pale gold that seems to vibrate against the deep, bruised violet of a gathering storm. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the landscape stretches toward the modest expanse of Antelope Lake, a quiet basin that gathers the stillness of the prairie, while eleven miles away, the Sheridan State Fishing Lake offers a sheltered pocket of water where the wind loses its restless, persistent edge.

Hoxie remains a place defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the harvest, where the economy is written in the depth of the topsoil and the endurance of those who work it. The limestone courthouse serves as a sturdy anchor to a history forged in the resilience of settlers who learned to navigate the unpredictable cycles of drought and plenty. Life in Hoxie moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, favoring the steady work of agriculture and the maintenance of a community that understands the scale of its own solitude. Local industry finds its rhythm in the movement of grain and the maintenance of equipment, creating an atmosphere where the quiet of the plains is interrupted only by the mechanical hum of a tractor or the distant, lonely whistle of the wind. Even as the decades shift, the character of the people remains tied to this singular, open geography, finding a stark beauty in the way the land demands both patience and a persistent, quiet labor.

About This Hoxie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hoxie, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.357505, -100.441807. 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 Hoxie includes the ZIP code (67740), telephone area code (785), county seat of Sheridan County (Hoxie), and school district assignment (Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412).

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.