Richfield Kansas Map

About Richfield, Kansas

Richfield is a locality in Morton County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 7.3 people per km². Richfield is located at 37.2661°N, 101.7824°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67953.

Richfield, Kansas, exists in a grand, horizontal expanse where the sky seems to press down with an immense, silent weight. It lies 69.7 miles south-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 226°T), and is situated 18.8 miles north-north-east of Elkhart. The landscape is a study in muted earth tones, a vast canvas painted with the pale gold of dormant grasses and the dusty ochre of the soil, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a windbreak or a solitary farmhouse. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of prairie wildflowers that bloom with determined resilience in the brief, warm months. Evenings bring a particular kind of light, a slow, deep amber that bleeds across the horizon, turning the endless fields into a rippling sea of muted fire before the stars emerge, sharp and impossibly bright in the unpolluted darkness. The history of Richfield is entwined with the hardy spirit of those who sought a life on this wide-open land, a narrative etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent rows of wheat and sorghum that stretch towards the distant, shimmering heat. The local economy, long anchored by agriculture, relies on the predictable cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm dictated by sun and rain. While once a stop for those traversing the western territories, Richfield today offers a quiet testament to endurance, a place where the nearest notable landmark might be a grain elevator standing sentinel against the sky, or the persistent hum of a tractor working the fertile, if unforgiving, earth.

About This Richfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Richfield, Kansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.266134, -101.782389. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Richfield and Morton County.

Detailed location data for Richfield includes the ZIP code (67953), telephone area code (785), county seat of Morton County (Elkhart), and school district assignment (Rolla Unified School District 217). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Richfield is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.