Lone Elm Kansas Map

About Lone Elm, Kansas

Lone Elm is a locality in Marshall 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, undulating prairie as a solitary sentinel amidst a landscape defined by the persistent, sweeping motion of the wind. It lies 21.9 miles south-southeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 167°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Marysville. Deer Creek carves a narrow, verdant path through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled, pale trunks of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the steady, rhythmic flow. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the wheat fields until the horizon blurs into a soft, bruised violet. Those who traverse the plains recognize the quiet authority of the sky, which dominates the visual field, pressing down upon the tallgrass and the distant, subtle rise of Indian Mound, visible only when the atmosphere is stripped of its usual haze.

Lone Elm traces its heritage to the arduous paths of early settlers who navigated the high plains, their lives tethered to the seasonal shifts of the earth and the stubborn demands of agriculture. The economy remains a quiet dialogue between the farmer and the soil, where the pulse of the local industry beats in sync with the harvest and the maintenance of the county’s limestone structures. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the proximity to the Big Indian Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the native fauna, preserving a fragment of the wild prairie that once defined the entire region. Even the stillness surrounding the Warford Reservoir serves as a reminder of the vital, hidden moisture that sustains this expanse, grounding Lone Elm in a tradition of resilience where the everyday labor of life is measured not by clockwork, but by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.

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 Marshall County (Marysville), 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.