South Mound Kansas Map

About South Mound, Kansas

South Mound is a locality in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 27. The population density is 10.5 people per km². South Mound is located at 37.4373°N, 95.2286°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67357.

South Mound defines itself through the persistent, low-slung curvature of the Kansas prairie where the horizon stretches into a wide, unblinking eye. It lies 28.8 miles west of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 274°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north-northeast of Parsons. Bachelor Creek carves a shallow, emerald-shadowed path through the terrain, its banks lined with the silver-leafed tremble of cottonwoods that catch the golden, heavy light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the landscape rises into subtle, wind-swept swells of tallgrass that hold the heat of the sun long after the shadows lengthen. Only a mile away, the quiet expanse of Neosho State Fishing Lake offers a stillness that mirrors the vast, cloud-dappled sky above, providing a sanctuary where the air tastes of dry earth and ripening stalks.

South Mound emerged from the quiet ambition of homesteaders who sought to anchor their lives within the resilient fiber of these plains, building a rhythm defined by the seasonal pulse of harvest and the slow turning of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of agriculture that dictates the pace of the days and the character of the people who work the surrounding fields. While the echoes of history linger in the limestone foundations of the region, the present remains grounded in the practical, steady labor of those who maintain the fences and tend the grain. Even as the modern world shifts, the area retains a solitary grace, far removed from the clamor of larger centers, sustained by the simple clarity of the wind moving across the plains.

About This South Mound Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Mound, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.437278, -95.228586. 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 South Mound includes the ZIP code (67357), telephone area code (785), county seat of Neosho County (Erie), and school district assignment (Erie-Galesburg Unified School District 101).

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.