Prairie View Kansas Map

About Prairie View, Kansas

Prairie View is a locality in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 278.4 people per km². Prairie View is located at 39.8325°N, 99.5726°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Prairie View is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67664.

Prairie View emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled thread. It lies 67.2 miles north of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 349°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east of Norton. Deer Creek carves a shallow, verdant ribbon through the earth just outside the settlement, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless wind. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into an immense, golden-hued stage where the light at dusk turns the dry grass into a shimmering, bruised bronze. To the west, the subtle rise of Horseshoe Hill marks the limit of the near view, a faint, rounded silhouette against the deepening violet of the sky.

Prairie View carries the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by generations of struggle against the elements and the unforgiving cycle of the seasons. The economy remains anchored to the soil, defined by the seasonal rhythm of wheat harvests and the steady, mechanical labor of regional agriculture that dictates the pace of every day. While the solitude of the plains defines the character of the populace, the memory of harsher times lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that resists the gale. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, far removed from the bustle of the world, though the proximity of Big Dutchman Lake twelve miles away offers a rare, stillness-filled respite for those seeking the reflection of the clouds upon the water. Even the distance to City Park, lying fourteen miles off, serves as a reminder of the quiet, expansive isolation that defines the daily existence of everyone who calls Prairie View home.

About This Prairie View Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Prairie View, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.832508, -99.572607. 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 Prairie View includes the ZIP code (67664), telephone area code (785), county seat of Phillips County (Phillipsburg), and school district assignment (Logan Unified School District 326).

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.