Explore Hunter, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
| City | Hunter |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Mitchell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.234175 |
| Longitude | -98.397283 |
| Population | 51 |
| Density | 93.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67452 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Beloit |
| School District | Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 |
Hunter occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening in a slow, golden dissolution. It lies 50.2 miles west-northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 303°T), and is situated 34.1 miles northeast of Russell. Bacon Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the occasional silver-leafed cottonwood that shivers even when the air remains still. To the west, the subtle rise of the Blue Hills breaks the monotony of the flatlands, providing a faint, jagged silhouette against the bruised purple of a coming storm. The light here possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the tallgrass and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant edges of the world.
Hunter persists as a testament to the endurance of the agrarian life, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and conversation alike. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the surrounding fields producing the wheat that has defined the character of the region for generations. Residents find their recreation in the quietude of the land, occasionally venturing fourteen miles to the Glen Elder Wildlife Area to observe the migratory birds or spending a reflective afternoon by the shores of Lake Hobbie. Life in Hunter moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of a place that has learned to measure time not by the clock, but by the slow, steady turning of the wind across the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hunter, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.234175, -98.397283. 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 Hunter includes the ZIP code (67452), telephone area code (785), county seat of Mitchell County (Beloit), and school district assignment (Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299).
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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |