Radium Kansas Map

About Radium, Kansas

Radium is a locality in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 244.8 people per km². Radium is located at 38.1742°N, 98.8934°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Radium is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67550.

Radium claims its place upon the vast, flat expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 14.9 miles south-southwest of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 208°T), and is situated 11.2 miles east of Larned. The land here is a quiet geometry of soil and grain, defined by a silence that deepens as the sun slips toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Jenkins Hill. In the stillness of an afternoon, the light shifts across the fields with a heavy, golden patience, illuminating the sparse, hardy vegetation that clings to the earth. Five miles away, the banks of Pickle Creek offer a thin ribbon of shade where cottonwoods lean against the wind, their leaves shivering in a perpetual, rustling dialogue. Beyond these fields, the terrain eventually gives way to the broader, subtle depressions of the Great Bend Prairie, creating a landscape that demands a measured, steady gaze to truly appreciate its understated scale.

Radium remains a quiet sentinel of the agricultural rhythms that have long dictated the pulse of the region. The economy is rooted firmly in the dark, fertile loam, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of every season. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the expansive sky, and in the resilience of those who labor under the relentless prairie sun. While the distant waters of Barton Lake lie twenty miles away and the trails of Jordan Park draw those seeking the quietude of the tallgrass eleven miles to the east, the life of Radium stays focused on the immediate, tangible work of the harvest. Here, the wind serves as a constant companion, rearranging the dust and testing the strength of the fences, ensuring that the character of the place remains as durable and unadorned as the limestone foundations of its earliest buildings.

About This Radium Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Radium, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.17418, -98.893426. 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 Radium includes the ZIP code (67550), telephone area code (785), county seat of Stafford County (St. John), and school district assignment (Macksville Unified School District 351).

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.