Williamsburg Kansas Map

About Williamsburg, Kansas

Williamsburg is a locality in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 390. The population density is 154.1 people per km². Williamsburg is located at 38.4806°N, 95.4669°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Williamsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66095.

Williamsburg reveals itself through the steady, insistent presence of Mill Creek, which carves a shallow, verdant artery through the surrounding expanse of prairie. It lies 14.2 miles southwest of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 229°T), and is situated 18.4 miles northwest of Garnett. The landscape here is defined by an immense, unblinking sky that presses down upon the tallgrass, emphasizing the horizontal reach of the land where the horizon is interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sand Hills. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the cottonwoods that lean over the creek’s muddy banks, their leaves shivering in a wind that seems to possess a memory of the open plains. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain shifts into a series of subtle, rhythmic swells that eventually deepen into the geological basin of Lane Hollow, grounding the geography in a patient, enduring stasis.

Williamsburg emerged from the mid-nineteenth-century push across the plains, an outpost defined by the pragmatic grit of agrarian life and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily affairs, while the shadow of the Dust Bowl era lingers in the cautious wisdom of those who work the earth. Residents often look toward the Pomona Recreation Area for reprieve, finding in its managed waters a contrast to the wilder, wandering path of Mill Creek. Life in Williamsburg moves with a quiet gravity, focused on the maintenance of tradition and the simple, hard-won labor of keeping a small place viable against the vastness of the Kansas wind.

About This Williamsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williamsburg, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.48057, -95.466924. 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 Williamsburg includes the ZIP code (66095), telephone area code (913), county seat of Franklin County (Ottawa), and school district assignment (West Franklin Unified School District 287).

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.