Powhattan Kansas Map

About Powhattan, Kansas

Powhattan is a locality in Brown County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 194.5 people per km². Powhattan is located at 39.7617°N, 95.6300°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Powhattan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66527.

Powhattan occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a vast, unyielding sky. It lies 30.3 miles west-northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 297°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southwest of Hiawatha. The Little Delaware River carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked cottonwoods that drink deep from the silty soil. To the west, the land rises in long, slow swells of prairie grass, while the distant silhouette of Albany Hill marks the far edge of the traveler's vision. During the golden hour, the light thickens to a deep amber, catching the swaying blades of the tallgrass and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to hold the weight of the cooling earth.

Agricultural rhythm defines the life of Powhattan, where the economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the grain elevator and the patient labor of the harvest. Families have worked these fields for generations, their history written in the iron fences and the weathered barns that stand as silent sentinels against the persistent wind. Those seeking a respite from the labor of the fields sometimes venture toward the quiet waters of Clear Creek Lake, or find a moment of stillness amidst the wilder grasses of Bruning Park. Despite the changing tides of the modern world, Powhattan maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the enduring nature of the soil and the quiet persistence of those who call these plains home.

About This Powhattan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Powhattan, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.761668, -95.629983. 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 Powhattan includes the ZIP code (66527), telephone area code (913), county seat of Brown County (Hiawatha), and school district assignment (South Brown County Unified School District 430).

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.