Netawaka Kansas Map

About Netawaka, Kansas

Netawaka is a locality in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 55.4 people per km². Netawaka is located at 39.6028°N, 95.7183°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Netawaka is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66516.

Netawaka occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, defined by the relentless, rhythmic sigh of the wind across native grasses. It lies 31.9 miles west of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Holton. The landscape here is one of vast, open sky and subtle shifts in elevation, where the earth holds the memory of ancient glacial movements in its deep, dark soil. Near the outskirts, Spring Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only vertical relief against the flat, expansive fields. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the tall grasses into bronze blades that ripple in unison, casting long, lean shadows that pull the eye toward the distant silhouette of Albany Hill, which marks the far edge of the traveler’s view.

Netawaka emerged from the expansion of the rail era, its character forged by the steady labor of those who turned the prairie into productive, grid-plotted farmland. The local economy remains anchored to this agricultural heritage, with grain elevators standing as the primary sentinels of the village, punctuating the skyline like secular spires. Life here maintains a deliberate, measured pace, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, allowing the seasons to dictate the rhythm of the day. Residents find respite in the nearby stillness of Prairie Lake Park or the quiet waters of Lake of the Oaks, spaces that preserve a sense of the land as it existed before the plow. In the quiet of an afternoon, one senses that Netawaka exists in a state of patient endurance, a place where the history of the soil is still written in the cycles of planting and harvest.

About This Netawaka Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Netawaka, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.602774, -95.718317. 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 Netawaka includes the ZIP code (66516), telephone area code (913), county seat of Jackson County (Holton), and school district assignment (North Jackson Unified School District 335).

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.