Lone Elm Kansas Map

About Lone Elm, Kansas

Lone Elm is a locality in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 27. The population density is 153.3 people per km². Lone Elm is located at 38.0796°N, 95.2431°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lone Elm is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 66518, 66039.

Lone Elm emerges from the vast expanse of the Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising until it meets the bruised violet of an approaching dusk. It lies 37.0 miles south of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 178°T), and is situated 13.7 miles northeast of Iola. The landscape around Lone Elm is defined by the persistent, restless wind that bows the tallgrass and carries the scent of dry soil across the open range. Only a mile away, the thin, winding ribbon of Deer Creek cuts a verdant path through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for a sound lost to the ages. Twenty miles to the west, the faint, jagged suggestion of Guthrie Mountain breaks the monotony of the skyline, providing a singular, distant anchor for the eye in a world of otherwise relentless horizontal lines.

History lingers in the soil of Lone Elm, a relic of a time when the westward push of travelers transformed this territory into a vital artery of commerce and migration. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the surrounding fields, where the labor of the harvest dictates the pulse of daily life. Residents find solace in the nearby Anderson County Prairies Fee, a preserved stretch of land that honors the original, untamed character of the region. Even the light here possesses a distinct quality, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the afternoon. While Spring Valley lies ten miles distant and Dawson Lake offers a quiet retreat another ten miles beyond, the true identity of Lone Elm persists in the simple, stoic endurance of its people and the vast, unyielding prairie that surrounds them.

About This Lone Elm Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lone Elm, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.079628, -95.243056. 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 Lone Elm includes the ZIP code (66518, 66039), telephone area code (913), county seat of Anderson County (Garnett), and school district assignment (Crest Unified School District 479).

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.