Ness City Kansas Map

About Ness City, Kansas

Ness City is a locality in Ness County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,329. The population density is 352.7 people per km². Ness City is located at 38.4528°N, 99.9065°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ness City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67560.

Ness City emerges from the expansive, sun-bleached plains of western Kansas like a quiet assertion of endurance against the vast, open sky. It lies 43.0 miles southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 227°T), and is situated 48.7 miles north of Dodge City. The North Fork Walnut Creek traces a thin, verdant ribbon through the parched earth nearby, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean perpetually against the prevailing wind. During the golden hour, the light stretches thin and amber across the flat horizon, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the dry grasses and the distant, rugged silhouette of Round House Rock. The landscape possesses a stark, unadorned geometry, where the heavy, relentless sky dictates the pace of the day and the earth beneath remains patient, waiting for the seasonal rains to soften its firm, earthen grip.

Ness City serves as a sturdy anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, its economy inextricably linked to the cycles of harvest and the persistence of the local wheat growers. The limestone courthouse stands as a central, weathered monument to the region’s resolve, its pale, quarried blocks reflecting a history built upon the stubborn cultivation of the prairie. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area offers a quiet refuge of native grasses and habitat, while the broader, deeper basins like South Fork Guzzlers Gulch hint at the ancient, hidden shifts of the terrain. Life in Ness City moves with the measured, deliberate pulse of a place that understands the gravity of the seasons, where the hum of machinery in the fields punctuates the silence and the evening air carries the scent of dry soil and coming change.

About This Ness City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ness City, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.452794, -99.906514. 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 Ness City includes the ZIP code (67560), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ness County (Ness City), and school district assignment (Ness City Unified School District 303).

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.