Timken Kansas Map

About Timken, Kansas

Timken is a locality in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 38. The population density is 113.7 people per km². Timken is located at 38.4736°N, 99.1782°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Timken is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67575.

Timken occupies a precise stretch of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the sky to dominate the view with an expansive, shifting light. It lies 23.6 miles west-northwest of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 289°T), and is situated 29.1 miles south-southeast of Hays. The Walnut Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that catch the wind like sails. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into a persistent, golden expanse, broken only by the occasional fence line or the distant, hazy silhouette of Jenkins Hill rising twenty-one miles away. There is a specific, quiet gravity to the air here, particularly at dusk when the shadows of the tallgrass stretch thin and the temperature drops with a sudden, crisp finality.

Timken emerged from the earnest ambitions of early settlers who sought to tame the stubborn, nutrient-rich soil, establishing an economy that remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest. Grain elevators stand as the local sentinels, their stark, utilitarian silhouettes marking the arrival of the rail line and the continued reliance on the bounty of the fields. While the pace of life maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, the influence of the wider region is felt in the memory of the dust-blown years and the enduring resilience of those who stayed. Those seeking a broader perspective of the natural landscape often look toward Jordan Park, a twenty-mile excursion that offers a quiet sanctuary, or consider the water levels at Barton Lake, located twenty-two miles away, as a barometer for the changing seasons.

About This Timken Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Timken, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.473624, -99.178156. 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 Timken includes the ZIP code (67575), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rush County (La Crosse), and school district assignment (Otis-Bison Unified School District 403).

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.