Seward Kansas Map

About Seward, Kansas

Seward is a locality in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 61.6 people per km². Seward is located at 38.1778°N, 98.7948°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Seward is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67576.

Seward exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the expansive, flat canvas of the Kansas plains. It lies 13.0 miles south of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 187°T), and is situated 16.5 miles east of Larned. The horizon here stretches with an unrelenting linearity, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the thin, persistent line of cottonwoods marking the path of Antelope Creek four miles away. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long, violet shadows across the soil as the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy rise of Jenkins Hill. Everything in Seward feels exposed to the sky, where the wind acts as a constant, invisible architect, shaping the dust and directing the movement of the tall grasses that cling to the edges of the Great Bend Prairie.

Seward maintains a steady, deliberate pace, rooted in an economy that remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the surrounding fields. The history of the settlement is marked by the enduring memory of the dry years, a legacy that has instilled a pragmatic, modest temper in those who work the land. While the modern world moves with a frantic velocity, life here follows the slow rotation of the seasons, occasionally interrupted by a trip to the quiet, open spaces of Langrehr Park or a drive toward the stillness of Park Smith Lake. Seward remains a place where the architecture of the past—simple, functional, and unadorned—stands in silent conversation with the vast, changing weather of the plains.

About This Seward Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Seward, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.177791, -98.794811. 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 Seward includes the ZIP code (67576), 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.