Wetmore Kansas Map

About Wetmore, Kansas

Wetmore is a locality in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 347.2 people per km². Wetmore is located at 39.6333°N, 95.8114°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wetmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66550.

Wetmore occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and flat under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 37.0 miles west of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 12.3 miles north-northwest of Holton. Spring Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the prevailing wind. The air here holds the dry, honest scent of turned soil, and at dusk, the light catches the tallgrass, turning the landscape into a muted study of gold and umber. For those who travel these roads, the silhouette of Albany Hill remains a distant, fixed point far to the horizon, grounding the vast openness in a sense of geological permanence.

Wetmore carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the iron determination of early settlers who sought to tame the prairie into productive farmland. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the quiet, deliberate pace of the days. While the modern world moves with a frantic cadence, residents here maintain a connection to the land that feels both inherited and essential. Those seeking a broader connection to the outdoors often look toward Prairie Lake Park, or find a moment of stillness at the water’s edge of Lake of the Oaks, both of which offer a reprieve from the endless, working fields that define the character of the region.

About This Wetmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wetmore, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.63333, -95.811376. 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 Wetmore includes the ZIP code (66550), telephone area code (913), county seat of Nemaha County (Seneca), and school district assignment (North Jackson Unified School District 335).

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.