Rolla Kansas Map

About Rolla, Kansas

Rolla is a locality in Morton County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 384. The population density is 397.5 people per km². Rolla is located at 37.1200°N, 101.6321°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rolla is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67954.

Rolla emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the high plains as a persistent assertion of order against the infinite reach of the horizon. It lies 39.6 miles west of Liberal, KS (from Liberal, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west-southwest of Hugoton. The land surrounding Rolla is defined by a rigorous, geometric flatness, broken only by the subtle depressions of the South East Rollo Pasture just two miles away and the distant, thin vein of the Cimarron River six miles from the center. Light here possesses a peculiar, unfiltered clarity, turning the sky into a pressurized dome of pale azure that forces the eyes to focus on the textures of dry earth and the swaying, resilient grasses of the Cimarron National Grassland, which begins its reach a mere two miles from the perimeter. In the late afternoon, the sun drains the color from the wheat stubble, leaving behind a monochromatic landscape where the wind acts as the primary architect, constantly rearranging the fine, silken dust of the plains.

Rolla carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the hard-won cultivation of marginal soils, a legacy that continues to dictate the rhythm of its modern economy. Agriculture remains the lifeblood of Rolla, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of the day far more effectively than any mechanical clock. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity of the Cimarron National Grassland offers a sanctuary of native prairie that serves as a reminder of the terrain before the plow arrived, while the occasional traveler might seek out the stillness of Wilburton Pond, eight miles distant, to escape the relentless openness of the plains. Life in Rolla is marked by a deliberate, steady endurance, where the local character is forged by the necessity of self-reliance and an intimacy with the changing seasons that outsiders rarely grasp.

About This Rolla Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rolla, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.120025, -101.632106. 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 Rolla includes the ZIP code (67954), telephone area code (785), county seat of Morton County (Elkhart), and school district assignment (Rolla Unified School District 217).

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.