Ozawkie Kansas Map

About Ozawkie, Kansas

Ozawkie is a locality in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 638. The population density is 829.4 people per km². Ozawkie is located at 39.2333°N, 95.4669°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ozawkie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66070.

Ozawkie emerges from the flat, expansive plains of Kansas as a quiet intersection of prairie grass and the deep, steady presence of water. It lies 17.1 miles northeast of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 41°T), and is situated 21.9 miles northwest of Lawrence. The horizon stretches thin and pale, broken only by the silhouettes of cottonwoods that lean toward the Delaware River, a waterway that marks the eastern edge of the landscape with a sluggish, rhythmic pulse. The earth here is firm and dark, yielding to the vast, open sky where the light shifts from a sharp, morning clarity to a long, bruised purple as the sun descends behind the distant rise of Nolan Hill. Directly adjacent to the community, the expanse of Perry Lake holds the sky in its glass, offering a stillness that defines the physical character of the land, while the nearby Perry Recreation Area provides a deliberate space for the wind to sweep across the tallgrass, unobstructed and relentless.

Ozawkie maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of the fields and the slow, deliberate movement of the water nearby. The economy remains tethered to the traditions of the region, where the labor of the soil and the maintenance of the land have long provided a foundation for those who dwell here. History lingers in the way the local roads follow the gentle contours of the terrain, avoiding the abruptness of modern gridlines in favor of paths carved by earlier generations. Daily life here is quiet, marked by the sound of tires on gravel and the occasional call of birds circling the Perry Recreation Area, a place where the remnants of the past are felt in the way the light catches the limestone foundations of older structures. People here recognize the value of a slow day, finding a subtle, enduring beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the plains, turning the ordinary work of the afternoon into a meditative exercise of presence.

About This Ozawkie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ozawkie, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.233332, -95.466919. 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 Ozawkie includes the ZIP code (66070), telephone area code (913), county seat of Jefferson County (Oskaloosa), and school district assignment (Jefferson West Unified School District 340).

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.