Lorraine Kansas Map

About Lorraine, Kansas

Lorraine is a locality in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 137. The population density is 209.1 people per km². Lorraine is located at 38.5689°N, 98.3167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lorraine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67459.

Lorraine anchors itself to the vast, flat expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that occupies more space than the earth itself. It lies 28.1 miles east-northeast of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 60°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north-northwest of Lyons. The Lost Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the local topography, its banks lined with the persistent, silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only vertical relief against the relentless winds. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Smoky Hills marks the edge of the world, a reminder of the geologic shifts that shaped these plains long before the first plows turned the soil. During the late afternoon, the light here grows heavy and gold, catching the dust motes in the air until the very atmosphere feels as thick and amber-hued as the wheat fields ripening under the heat.

Lorraine sustains a quiet, deliberate existence built upon the cycles of the harvest, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the grain elevator. The town carries the quiet weight of a lineage deeply invested in the land, a history punctuated by the persistent struggle against the dry, scouring winds that defined earlier, harder generations. Life here moves in concert with the landscape, far removed from the bustle of the urban centers, though residents occasionally venture toward the Kanopolis Recreation Area to find a reprieve in the open spaces near the water. Even when the pace slows to a stillness that seems absolute, Lorraine remains a place of constant, subtle motion, defined by the turning of the seasons and the enduring, quiet resilience of those who call these plains their own.

About This Lorraine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lorraine, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.568899, -98.316729. 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 Lorraine includes the ZIP code (67459), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ellsworth County (Ellsworth), and school district assignment (Central Plains Unified School District 112).

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.