Mentor Kansas Map

About Mentor, Kansas

Mentor is a locality in Saline County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 84.8 people per km². Mentor is located at 38.7406°N, 97.6031°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67401.

Mentor, Kansas, lies cradled by the broad, sweeping plains that define central Kansas, a landscape where the sky feels impossibly vast and the horizon stretches into an endless, soft blur of green and gold. It lies 6.9 miles south of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 176°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north of Assaria. The land here is gently rolling, a tapestry of cultivated fields and pastureland, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods or the silver ribbon of a slow-moving creek. Evenings often bring a profound stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the whisper of wind through the tall prairie grass, and the light at dusk possesses a luminous, almost ethereal quality, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender that linger long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world. The history of Mentor is deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit of Saline County. This is a place built on the sturdy foundation of farming, where generations have worked the rich soil, coaxing sustenance from the earth. The local economy still largely revolves around this enduring connection to the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty of the harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet resilience of its people, their dedication to the land and to each other, forms the true character of Mentor. The very air here seems to carry the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening wheat, a constant reminder of the enduring cycles of life and labor that have shaped this corner of Kansas.

About This Mentor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mentor, Kansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.74056, -97.603091. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mentor and Saline County.

Detailed location data for Mentor includes the ZIP code (67416), telephone area code (785), county seat of Saline County (Salina), and school district assignment (Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mentor is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.