Lafontaine Kansas Map

About Lafontaine, Kansas

Lafontaine is a locality in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 11.2 people per km². Lafontaine is located at 37.3992°N, 95.8453°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66736.

Lafontaine occupies a quiet expanse of Kansas prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that seems to hold more weight than the earth itself. It lies 62.6 miles west of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Neodesha. The land here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic pulse of the plains, where the stubborn persistence of native grasses gives way to the shadowed thickets of cottonwoods lining the banks of Mulberry Creek. Though the Chautauqua Hills rise as a hazy, jagged suggestion of violet in the distant west, the immediate terrain remains dominated by the open, unyielding reach of farmland. When the light leans low at the end of the day, it turns the fields into a flat, burnished copper, casting long, lean shadows that make the stillness of the landscape feel less like an absence of movement and more like a held breath.

Lafontaine carries the quiet gravity of a place that has long measured its success by the yield of the soil and the temperament of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of agriculture, a rhythm that has remained largely unchanged since the early settlers first broke the stubborn sod. While the Duck Creek Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for the wilder remnants of the region, the human presence is marked by a modest, utilitarian resilience that ignores the frantic pace of the wider world. Residents often look toward the regional landmarks like Elk City Lake to mark their leisure, yet the true character of the place resides in the way the wind carries the scent of dry earth and turning crops across the fence lines. It is a life lived in plain sight, governed by the turning of the sun and the patient, cyclical labor that defines the very edges of existence in this part of the state.

About This Lafontaine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lafontaine, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.399223, -95.84526. 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 Lafontaine includes the ZIP code (66736), telephone area code (913), county seat of Wilson County (Fredonia), and school district assignment (Fredonia Unified School District 484).

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.