Monument Kansas Map

About Monument, Kansas

Monument is a locality in Logan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 40.3 people per km². Monument is located at 39.1045°N, 101.0071°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67747.

Monument manifests as a solitary point of stillness amidst a vast, relentless expanse of high plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull on the eye. It lies 78.6 miles north of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 355°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-southwest of Oakley. The earth here is a muted palette of tawny grasses and pale soil, defined by an openness that allows the sky to occupy more than its share of the visual field. Only a mile away, the North Branch Hackberry Creek traces a thin, verdant vein through the arid landscape, its banks flanked by the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless currents of air. On the clearest days, the distant silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a jagged, serrated promise of elevation far to the west, though for those standing on the local streets, the terrain remains committed to the horizontal, honoring the quiet, geometric austerity of the Kansas prairie.

Monument carries the weight of a legacy tied to the iron rail and the stubborn, seasonal cycles of the wheat harvest. The local economy persists as a rhythmic negotiation with the soil, where the machinery of agriculture dictates the tempo of the calendar and the collective pulse of the neighborhood. Those seeking a respite from the intensity of the plains often travel toward the Jerusalem Hills Fee, a dozen miles away, where the land offers a more deliberate, protected topography. Life in Monument is characterized by an unadorned resilience, a quality reflected in the weathered facades and the way the light at dusk turns the grain elevators into monolithic sentinels guarding the town. It is a place where the history of the region—marked by the endurance of those who first broke the sod—remains legible in the simple, honest architecture and the slow, focused pace of a day’s labor.

About This Monument Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monument, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.104452, -101.007096. 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 Monument includes the ZIP code (67747), telephone area code (785), county seat of Logan County (Oakley), and school district assignment (Oakley Unified School District 274).

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.