Mahaska Kansas Map

About Mahaska, Kansas

Mahaska is a locality in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 46. The population density is 79.6 people per km². Mahaska is located at 39.9875°N, 97.3542°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mahaska is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66955.

Mahaska emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a collection of quiet structures defined by the persistent, restless wind that shapes the surrounding prairie. It lies 37.5 miles west-southwest of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 239°T), and is situated 13.8 miles southwest of Fairbury. Myer Creek carves a thin, shadowed line through the landscape less than a mile away, its banks lined with the occasional cottonwood that bends under the weight of the endless sky. The air here holds a distinct, dry clarity, particularly at dusk when the fading light turns the tallgrass into a sea of muted gold and the silhouettes of distant grain elevators sharpen against the deepening indigo. To the west, the land stretches out in long, rhythmic swells toward Hay Valley, ten miles distant, where the earth seems to hold the heat of the sun long after the shadows have lengthened across the fields.

Mahaska traces its origins to the labor of early settlers who recognized the agricultural potential of the deep, fertile soil, establishing an economy anchored firmly in the cycles of the harvest. While the rhythms of the day are governed by the requirements of the surrounding farms, the presence of Priefert Reservoir, only three miles away, offers a rare, still mirror to the sky amidst the immense fields of grain. Residents occasionally venture eight miles out to the Rose Creek Wildlife Management Area, a space that preserves the rugged character of the original plains, far removed from the mechanical hum of modern machinery. Life in Mahaska moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, reflecting a history of endurance and a quiet reliance on the land that remains unchanged by the passing decades.

About This Mahaska Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mahaska, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.987505, -97.354205. 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 Mahaska includes the ZIP code (66955), telephone area code (913), county seat of Washington County (Washington), and school district assignment (Washington Co. Schools Unified School District 108).

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.