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City	West Mineral
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Cherokee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.284225
Longitude	-94.923018
Population	154
Density	176.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66782
Area Code	913
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Cherokee Unified School District 247

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About West Mineral, Kansas

West Mineral is a locality in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 176.4 people per km². West Mineral is located at 37.2842°N, 94.9230°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Mineral is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66782.

West Mineral commands a vast, open expanse where the sky dictates the daily mood, pressing down upon the flat horizons of the Cherokee Plains. It lies 14.8 miles southwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 234°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northwest of Columbus. The landscape is defined by a rugged, reclaimed topography where the earth has been turned and shifted by the heavy machinery of a bygone industrial era, leaving behind a mosaic of ponds and scrub-brush thickets within the Mined Land Wildlife Area. A mile to the east, the waters of Plum Creek cut a quiet, persistent path through the soil, shadowed by the occasional silhouette of Bell Mound rising two miles away to break the relentless level of the ground. The air here holds the scent of dry grass and turned earth, carrying a clarity that makes the golden light of late afternoon seem to linger longer against the weathered siding of the local structures.

West Mineral bears the physical imprint of a deep-rooted history in coal extraction, a legacy that transformed the economy and left the land scarred and eventually surrendered to nature. The current pace of life moves in quiet synchronicity with the seasonal turns of the surrounding fields, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs. While Little Halfmoon Lake sits thirteen miles away as a distant, placid destination for those seeking a different kind of stillness, the immediate character of the locality remains tied to the resilient spirit of a place that has learned to thrive in the wake of its own industry. People here navigate their days with a steady, unadorned pragmatism, finding a particular beauty in the way the wind sweeps across the open fields, unimpeded and constant.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mined Land Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 168° S
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 230° SW
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 228° SW
Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 151° SE
128 E Country Rd (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 153° SE
Gus the Gorilla (Public Artwork) — 14.2 mi, 058° NE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 050° NE
Cherokee Lowlands Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 204° SW
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 054° NE
Neosho Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 320° NW
Neosho State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 302° NW
Crawford Fishing Lake Number One (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 043° NE
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 17.7 mi, 145° SE
Rainbow Bridge (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 145° SE
Antietam Circle #2 (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 282° W
Parsons Munincipal Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 282° W
Parsons Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 281° W
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 281° W
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 036° NE
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 036° NE
Treece, Kansas Historical Marker (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 166° S
Baxter Springs Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 149° SE
Prairie State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 051° NE
National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 123° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 26.0 mi, 119° SE
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 37.0 mi, 123° SE · 241 acres
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.5 mi, 167° S · 8,813 acres
WWII ruin (Historic Ruins) — 43.6 mi, 134° SE
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.2 mi, 013° N · 15k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 72.3 mi, 125° SE · 1.5M acres

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