Lecompton Kansas Map

About Lecompton, Kansas

Lecompton is a locality in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 588. The population density is 129.3 people per km². Lecompton is located at 39.0259°N, 95.3950°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lecompton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66050.

Lecompton commands a quiet authority over the landscape, where the wide, silt-heavy Kansas River carves a slow arc through the valley floor. It lies 9.9 miles west-northwest of Lawrence, KS (from Lawrence, KS: bearing 300°T), and is situated 15.2 miles east of Topeka. The earth here is a patchwork of deep, alluvial soil and limestone outcrops, rising into gentle swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain gives way to undulating prairie grasses and groves of cottonwood, their leaves shivering in the constant, restless wind that sweeps across the plains. To the north, the water of Perry Lake glints in the sun, a vast, calm expanse that mirrors the shifting Kansas sky, while the far-off horizon is broken only by the faint, jagged silhouette of the Sand Hills, visible when the air is sharp and clear.

Lecompton endures as a place where the weight of nineteenth-century political fervor lingers in the quietude of its streets. Once the center of a fierce struggle for the identity of the frontier, the town now maintains a measured pace, its economy rooted in the steady rhythms of local agriculture and the preservation of its storied architecture. The limestone structures remain as sturdy witnesses to a time when the state’s future hung in the balance, a contrast to the modern tranquility found nearby at the Perry Recreation Area. Life here moves with the seasons, from the planting of crops in the fertile bottomlands to the harvest, while the community keeps a steady watch over the legacy of its founding, ensuring the history of the struggle for statehood remains as present as the river flowing past the town’s edge.

About This Lecompton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lecompton, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.025851, -95.395034. 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 Lecompton includes the ZIP code (66050), telephone area code (913), county seat of Douglas County (Lawrence), and school district assignment (Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343).

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.