Louisville Kansas Map

About Louisville, Kansas

Louisville is a locality in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 131. The population density is 101.4 people per km². Louisville is located at 39.2503°N, 96.3147°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louisville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66547.

Louisville defines itself through the steady, insistent presence of Rock Creek, which carves a modest, verdant passage through the surrounding expanse of high-grass prairie. It lies 14.5 miles east-northeast of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 71°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north of Wamego. The landscape here is characterized by an expansive openness where the sky exerts a heavy, blue influence over the terrain, and the horizon is often sliced by the distant, faint silhouette of Saddle Back. Cottonwoods cluster along the damp margins of the creek, their leaves turning in the persistent Kansas wind that seems to possess a memory of the wide, flat plains beyond. At dusk, the light catches the tawny stalks of native grasses, transforming the fields into a shimmering, bronze sea that shifts with every gust, while the nearby Wamego Recreation Complex offers a quiet, maintained contrast to the wilder, unyielding character of the brush.

Louisville emerged from the early migrations of settlers who recognized the utility of the fertile soil and the reliable water source provided by the local drainage. The economy remains rooted in the rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for those who work the land. While Dutch Hollow lies a short distance away as a reminder of the region’s glacial topography, the local character is shaped by a quiet self-reliance that echoes through the sparse, deliberate architecture of the area. Even the proximity of Lake Elbo serves as a destination for those seeking a moment of stillness, reflecting a way of life that values the tangible, unadorned beauty of the plains over the frantic pace of larger hubs.

About This Louisville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louisville, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.250274, -96.31472. 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 Louisville includes the ZIP code (66547), telephone area code (913), county seat of Pottawatomie County (Westmoreland), and school district assignment (Wamego Unified School District 320).

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.