Mound City Kansas Map

About Mound City, Kansas

Mound City is a locality in Linn County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 647. The population density is 216.1 people per km². Mound City is located at 38.1428°N, 94.8136°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mound City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66056.

Mound City maintains a quiet presence upon the undulating prairie where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold. It lies 40.9 miles southeast of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 143°T), and is situated 32.6 miles northwest of Nevada. Little Sugar Creek carves a narrow, winding path near the settlement, its banks lined with the gnarled skeletons of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the current’s low murmur. On clear days, the distant Rombaugh Hills suggest a jagged permanence against the far edge of the plains, providing a steady visual anchor for a landscape defined by tallgrass and the persistent, restless movement of the wind. The air here holds a particular clarity, clean and sharp, carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and the dry rustle of stalks that have weathered countless cycles of sun and frost.

Mound City stands as a sentinel of regional history, its character anchored by the dignified, weathered limestone of the county courthouse that serves as the administrative core of the plains. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, a labor that respects the slow turn of the seasons and the memory of leaner years written into the geography itself. Residents often look toward the Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge for a sense of untamed expanse, while the proximity of Pleasanton Lake offers a quiet retreat from the day’s toil. Life in Mound City moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, reflecting a resilience forged by the land, where the steady industry of the fields meets a heritage that values the quiet, enduring strength of the prairie.

About This Mound City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mound City, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.142807, -94.813573. 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 Mound City includes the ZIP code (66056), telephone area code (913), county seat of Linn County (Mound City), and school district assignment (Jayhawk Unified School District 346).

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.