New Cambria Kansas Map

About New Cambria, Kansas

New Cambria is a locality in Saline County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 229.9 people per km². New Cambria is located at 38.8792°N, 97.5059°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Cambria is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67470.

New Cambria occupies a level expanse of central Kansas where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 6.3 miles east-northeast of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 65°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west of Abilene. The horizon stretches in a thin, sharp line, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods that mark the path of the Saline River, which flows just a mile from the edge of the settlement. To the west, the distant rise of the Smoky Hills catches the low, bruised light of late afternoon, turning a deep, muted indigo while the plains remain bathed in a pale, dusty gold. The air here holds a distinct stillness, a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the grain elevators and makes the wind feel like a physical presence, restless and constant against the skin.

Settlers arrived in New Cambria with the rails, anchoring the locality to an economy built on the slow, deliberate work of the harvest and the movement of freight. Life follows the quiet turning of the seasons, dictated by the planting and the cutting, a rhythm that has persisted since the first fences were drawn across the tallgrass. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the local pace remains tethered to the land, punctuated by the occasional trip to Saline County State Lake or an afternoon spent at Country Club Park. New Cambria endures as a place of pragmatic resilience, where the architecture of the grain silo and the modest frame house reflect a history defined not by grand gestures, but by the steady, persistent labor of those who chose to stay.

About This New Cambria Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Cambria, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.879168, -97.505864. 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 New Cambria includes the ZIP code (67470), telephone area code (785), county seat of Saline County (Salina), and school district assignment (Solomon Unified School District 393).

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.