Talmage Kansas Map

About Talmage, Kansas

Talmage is a locality in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 44. The population density is 99.3 people per km². Talmage is located at 39.0250°N, 97.2606°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67482.

Talmage rests in a landscape of broad, gentle swells, the Kansas prairie unfurling like a rumpled quilt under an immense sky. It lies 22.8 miles north-east of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 56°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-west of Abilene. The earth here is a deep, rich loam, a testament to generations of cultivation that has smoothed the ancient contours of the land. Fields of wheat and milo stretch to the horizon, rippling in the ceaseless wind, their colors shifting with the sun's arc—from the pale gold of dawn to the bruised purple of approaching storms. The air carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked soil and the distant hum of machinery, a constant, quiet song of the land at work. Evenings here are painted with an almost unbelievable clarity, the fading light casting long, skeletal shadows from solitary farmhouses and windbreaks of cottonwoods, imbuing the vast emptiness with a profound, hushed beauty. The story of Talmage is written in the soil and the shared labor of its people, a history deeply intertwined with the agricultural heartland of Kansas. For decades, the economy of Talmage has been sustained by the bounty of the surrounding farms, where wheat and corn are king, their harvests fueling the local elevators and mills that stand as silent sentinels on the edge of town. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, where community ties are as strong as the roots of the prairie grass. The small businesses that line Main Street, from the hardware store to the diner, are more than just places of commerce; they are the gathering points, the informal town halls where the day's news is exchanged and the shared concerns of life on the prairie are discussed. The distinctive character of Talmage is not found in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of its people and the enduring connection to the land that defines it.

About This Talmage Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Talmage, Kansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.024997, -97.260577. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Talmage and Dickinson County.

Detailed location data for Talmage includes the ZIP code (67482), telephone area code (785), county seat of Dickinson County (Abilene), and school district assignment (Abilene Unified School District 435). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Talmage is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.