Longford Kansas Map

About Longford, Kansas

Longford is a locality in Clay County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 198.5 people per km². Longford is located at 39.1700°N, 97.3314°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Longford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67458.

Longford sits upon a vast, unyielding expanse of Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 27.3 miles north-northeast of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 33°T), and is situated 18.6 miles north-northwest of Abilene. Badger Creek carves a narrow, sluggish path through the terrain just a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant prairie breath. Beyond the immediate fields, the ground rises toward the distant, hazy suggestion of Arnold Divide, a faint ink-smudge against the western rim of the world. At dusk, the light here loses its sharpness, turning the surrounding grasses into a sea of muted bronze that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped away.

Longford grew from the ambition of settlers who saw promise in the deep, dark soil, establishing an economy tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of wheat harvests and livestock. The local character is defined by a quiet endurance, a legacy of families who learned to navigate the unpredictable temper of the weather and the solitary demands of agricultural life. While the Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a place for respite thirteen miles out, and State Lake provides a similar stillness nearby, the daily rhythm of Longford remains anchored to the maintenance of silos and the steady hum of machinery. There is a profound, stripped-back beauty in the way the town occupies its space, standing as a singular, persistent mark against the immense emptiness of the plains.

About This Longford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Longford, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.169996, -97.331413. 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 Longford includes the ZIP code (67458), telephone area code (785), county seat of Clay County (Clay Center), and school district assignment (Clay Center Unified School District 379).

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.