McCracken Kansas Map

About McCracken, Kansas

McCracken is a locality in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 152. The population density is 58.9 people per km². McCracken is located at 38.5806°N, 99.5712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McCracken is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67556.

McCracken occupies a vast, open expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 24.5 miles south-southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 213°T), and is situated 24.7 miles south of Ellis. The landscape around McCracken unfolds as a rhythmic succession of wheat-horizon plains, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tracing the path of Big Timber Creek a mile to the east. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, turning the fields into a muted palette of amber and dusty violet, while the distant, singular rise of Round House Rock serves as a solitary anchor against the immense, shifting clouds. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, carrying the scent of parched soil and the persistent, restless movement of the wind that defines the character of the horizon.

Economic life in McCracken remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the heavy, dark soil. The town persists as a quiet node of industry and history, shaped by the memory of seasons that tested the endurance of early settlers against the elements. While the pace of daily affairs moves with the deliberate caution of a place that understands its own isolation, residents find a common geography in the nearby Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area, a sanctuary of wild space that stands in stark contrast to the structured geometry of the surrounding farms. Life here is measured not by the velocity of change, but by the steady, predictable turning of the seasons and the quiet pride of maintaining a foothold in the wide, unwavering plains.

About This McCracken Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McCracken, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.580569, -99.571225. 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 McCracken includes the ZIP code (67556), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rush County (La Crosse), and school district assignment (LaCrosse Unified School District 395).

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.