Moran Kansas Map

About Moran, Kansas

Moran is a locality in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 466. The population density is 429.4 people per km². Moran is located at 37.9161°N, 95.1703°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Moran is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66755.

Moran occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled straight by the persistent, unyielding wind. It lies 43.2 miles northwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 324°T), and is situated 12.5 miles east of Iola. Big Creek meanders just a mile from the center of the grid, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for a sound lost to the prairie. To the west, the subtle rise of Guthrie Mountain marks the edge of the sky, a distant, hazy silhouette that barely interrupts the flat, golden sweep of the earth. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the barns and silos, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised, heavy purple, illuminating the way the tallgrass shivers in the cooling evening.

Moran emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, serving as a steady anchor for the surrounding agricultural life that defines the local economy. Farmers still track the cycles of the seasons with the same gravity their predecessors held, hauling grain across roads that cut through the landscape like seams in a quilt. While the pace of life maintains a deliberate, measured cadence, the influence of the wider region remains palpable, from the limestone foundations of older buildings to the quiet solitude found at the distant Bourbon State Fishing Lake. Residents might occasionally seek a change of scenery at Dawson Lake or wander through the gentle slopes of Spring Valley, yet the character of Moran remains tied to the soil and the simple, enduring labor of those who call these plains their own.

About This Moran Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moran, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.916147, -95.170255. 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 Moran includes the ZIP code (66755), telephone area code (913), county seat of Allen County (Iola), and school district assignment (Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256).

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.