Roxbury Kansas Map

About Roxbury, Kansas

Roxbury is a locality in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 6.7 people per km². Roxbury is located at 38.5508°N, 97.4303°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 67476, 67448.

Roxbury occupies a span of open Kansas prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth, creating a vast, unobstructed canvas for the shifting light of day. It lies 17.7 miles northeast of McPherson, KS (from McPherson, KS: bearing 45°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east of Lindsborg. The landscape here is defined by the steady, rhythmic swells of the plains, punctuated by the occasional silhouette of trees that mark the path of Gypsum Creek as it winds through the quiet terrain. To the distant west, the elevated profiles of the Smoky Hills blur into the hazy hem of the atmosphere, while the proximity of the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding grasslands maintain a sense of wild, untamed expanse. When the sun begins its descent, the golden hour catches the dry stalks of the fields, turning the entire basin of Black Canyon into a bowl of cooling bronze shadows that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon in the very soil.

Roxbury maintains its posture as a place of deliberate endurance, reflecting a lineage of agricultural commitment that has long defined the local economy and the daily cycles of its inhabitants. The presence of McPherson County State Lake serves as a quiet center for those seeking the stillness of water in an otherwise terrestrial domain, offering a reprieve from the persistent Kansas wind that sweeps across the wheat fields. Life in Roxbury moves with the measured pace of the seasons, where the legacy of earlier settlers remains visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that has weathered generations of change. It is a location where the silence of the wide-open prairie is not an absence, but a presence, grounding the people who live here in a landscape that demands both respect and a deep, quiet patience.

About This Roxbury Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roxbury, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.55084, -97.430309. 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 Roxbury includes the ZIP code (67476, 67448), telephone area code (785), county seat of McPherson County (McPherson), and school district assignment (Smoky Valley Unified School District 400).

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.