Scottsville Kansas Map

About Scottsville, Kansas

Scottsville is a locality in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 39.8 people per km². Scottsville is located at 39.5436°N, 97.9531°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Scottsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67420.

Scottsville occupies a wide, quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in an uninterrupted, golden-hued circle. It lies 51.9 miles north-northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 339°T), and is situated 15.6 miles west of Concordia. The landscape here is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, broken only by the thin, silver threading of East Asher Creek a mile away, which serves as a seasonal vein for the thirsty soil. On the distant western edge of the view, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Blue Hills marks the boundary of the world, while the closer, flatter terrain is punctuated by the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tree. Light here does not merely fall; it accumulates, turning the dust of the air into a shimmering amber veil as the sun descends toward the Jamestown Wildlife Area seven miles to the north, where the wild grasses sway in a rhythmic, ancient choreography.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Scottsville, anchoring the lives of its inhabitants to the cycles of planting and the heavy, humid anticipation of the harvest. The economic life of the region remains firmly rooted in the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the tracks, serving as the town’s primary architectural landmarks and the centers of its daily commerce. People here maintain a measured pace, observing the seasons with a vigilance born of long, wind-swept winters and summers that bake the earth into hard, cracked patterns. While the nearby Sportsmans Lake offers a quiet refuge for those seeking the stillness of water, the true character of Scottsville is found in its people, who possess a reserved, quiet resilience that mirrors the land itself, living with the knowledge that the weather is the final arbiter of their work and their days.

About This Scottsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scottsville, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.543616, -97.9531. 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 Scottsville includes the ZIP code (67420), telephone area code (785), county seat of Mitchell County (Beloit), and school district assignment (Beloit Unified School District 273).

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.