White Cloud Kansas Map

About White Cloud, Kansas

White Cloud is a locality in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 61.3 people per km². White Cloud is located at 39.9764°N, 95.2969°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. White Cloud is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66094.

White Cloud rises above the Missouri River, where the silt-heavy current carves a patient, winding path through the northern reaches of the plains. It lies 30.0 miles north-northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 342°T), and is situated 17.2 miles east-southeast of Falls City. The landscape here is defined by high bluffs and deep, sheltered ravines that hold the cool shadows of the morning long after the sun has climbed the horizon. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of timbered ridges and open fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge marks the limit of the sky to the west. A quiet stillness hangs over the nearby Brown (Bob) Conservation Area, where the native grasses lean into the persistent Kansas breeze, and Gordan Lake remains a secluded mirror for the shifting clouds.

White Cloud preserves the echoes of its nineteenth-century origins as a river port and gateway, a time when the pulse of commerce moved by steam and current. Today, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the surrounding farmland, where the golden expanse of crops defines the local prosperity. Though the bustle of the river trade has long since faded into the quietude of the present, the heritage of the region lingers in the stoic frame of its older buildings and the resilience of those who tend the soil. Life in White Cloud moves with the deliberate pace of the river, marked by the changing light upon the bluffs and the enduring, open solitude that defines the landscape of the plains.

About This White Cloud Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Cloud, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.976388, -95.296922. 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 White Cloud includes the ZIP code (66094), telephone area code (913), county seat of Doniphan County (Troy), and school district assignment (Doniphan West Unified School District 111).

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.