Wallace Kansas Map

About Wallace, Kansas

Wallace is a locality in Wallace County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 39.4 people per km². Wallace is located at 38.9114°N, 101.5916°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Wallace is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67761.

Wallace spreads across the high, sun-bleached plains of western Kansas like a pause in the relentless motion of the prairie. It lies 75.7 miles north-northwest of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 329°T), and is situated 31.0 miles south-southeast of Goodland. The landscape here is defined by a vast, openness where the sky exerts a heavy, blue pressure on the earth, broken only by the subtle depression of Headquarters Draw two miles away or the distant, stoic silhouette of Motti Hill rising five miles to the horizon. To the east, the Smoky Hill River carves a narrow, verdant vein through the shortgrass, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked cottonwoods that seem to hold the soil together against the persistent, dry winds. During the golden hour, the light turns the surrounding fields into a sea of amber, revealing the true scale of a terrain that demands patience from anyone who walks its perimeter.

History remains embedded in the quietude of Wallace, a place that once served as a vital outpost during the frontier era when the iron rails dictated the survival of every settlement on the plains. The economy continues to draw its strength from the cycles of agriculture, with the rhythm of the seasons governing the local pace as wheat and livestock occupy the vast, surrounding acreage. While the modern world feels distant, the spirit of the early settlers persists in the way the land is worked and in the collective memory of the dust and the drought. Those seeking a connection to the wilder aspects of the region often travel nineteen miles to the Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area, yet the true character of Wallace is found in the stillness of its streets, where the quiet life holds its own distinct, unpretentious gravity against the expanse of the plains.

About This Wallace Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wallace, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.911398, -101.591556. 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 Wallace includes the ZIP code (67761), telephone area code (785), county seat of Wallace County (Sharon Springs), and school district assignment (Wallace County Schools Unified School District 241).

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.