Oberlin Kansas Map

About Oberlin, Kansas

Oberlin is a locality in Decatur County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,644. The population density is 332.3 people per km². Oberlin is located at 39.8183°N, 100.5282°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oberlin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67749.

Oberlin emerges from the vast Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of horizon and earth, where the sky claims more space than the land itself. It lies 91.3 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 316°T), and is situated 27.0 miles south of McCook. Sappa Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that lean against the persistent wind. A few miles away, the rugged depression of Rock Draw breaks the flatness, suggesting a deeper, hidden architecture beneath the topsoil. The light here is particularly unforgiving at dusk, bleaching the color from the dry grasses until the entire world turns a uniform, dusty gold, and the long shadows of the prairie stretch out to touch the edges of the town.

Oberlin carries the weight of its history in the limestone face of its county courthouse, a sturdy structure that anchors the center of local life. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the cycles of the wheat fields, though the influence of the Great Plains persists in the deliberate, measured pace of the people who walk its streets. Residents often find their way to Sappa Park, a local expanse that offers a brief respite from the open expanse of the surrounding farmland. Even when the heat rises, the memory of the land’s harsher turns remains, yet life continues with a steady, pragmatic grace, much like the water that occasionally gathers in the distant Vanvleet Reservoir, waiting for the rain to dictate the season’s fortune.

About This Oberlin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oberlin, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.818338, -100.528201. 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 Oberlin includes the ZIP code (67749), telephone area code (785), county seat of Decatur County (Oberlin), and school district assignment (Oberlin Unified School District 294).

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.