Weir Kansas Map

About Weir, Kansas

Weir is a locality in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 569. The population density is 193.1 people per km². Weir is located at 37.3101°N, 94.7719°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Weir is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66781.

Weir occupies a quiet corner of the plains where the earth holds the bruised, heavy colors of a long-settled horizon. It lies 7.9 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 208°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northwest of Carl Junction. The land here is defined by a subtle, rhythmic incline that flattens into the wide, wind-swept expanses characteristic of the region, where the sky claims more attention than the soil. To the east, the landscape bears the scars and reclamation of the Mined Land Wildlife Area, a place where the humps and hollows of former industry have surrendered to native grasses and the persistent, slow reclamation of wildflowers. Little Shawnee Creek traces a modest path through the nearby fields, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the afternoon heat. When the light dips low, the air takes on a clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the distant Bell Mound, grounding the vista in a permanence that feels both ancient and inevitable.

Weir grew from the deep, coal-rich veins that once pulsed beneath the surface, driving an economy that shaped the very architecture and ambition of the streets. The legacy of that extraction remains in the texture of the ground and the stoic, brick-faced buildings that have weathered decades of changing seasons. Life in Weir moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the turning of the agricultural calendar and the quiet endurance of those who call these plains home. While Blackberry Hay Farm Lake sits further afield, the spirit of the locale is found closer to the center, where the echo of early mining days lingers in the stories passed between neighbors. It is a place where the wind acts as a constant, restless companion, brushing over the wide, open spaces and reminding every traveler that this land belongs to the elements as much as it belongs to the people.

About This Weir Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Weir, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.310055, -94.771904. 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 Weir includes the ZIP code (66781), telephone area code (913), county seat of Cherokee County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Cherokee Unified School District 247).

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.