Wilson Kansas Map

About Wilson, Kansas

Wilson is a locality in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 859. The population density is 554.6 people per km². Wilson is located at 38.8250°N, 98.4753°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wilson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67490.

Wilson emerges from the flat, vast expanse of the Kansas plains where the wind serves as the primary architect of the horizon. It lies 35.5 miles north-northeast of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 26°T), and is situated 14.8 miles west-northwest of Ellsworth. Wilson Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the persistent draft. To the west, the distant Blue Hills provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the sky, grounding a landscape that otherwise feels as though it might drift into the clouds. The light here has a peculiar, sharpening quality, catching the limestone outcrops and turning the dry prairie grasses into a sea of muted gold as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent.

Wilson carries the weight of a heritage built by Czech immigrants who brought their traditions to the rugged soil, a history still visible in the town’s enduring pride and the stoic architecture of its storefronts. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the wheat harvest and the quiet industry of the plains, though many residents look toward the nearby Wilson Lake and the Wilson Recreation Area for their connection to the wider natural world. Life in Wilson moves at the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the intersection of agricultural labor and the stillness of the open range creates a singular, quiet gravity. It is a place where the modern world is held at a distance, leaving room for the profound silence that settles over the fields when the wind finally falls still.

About This Wilson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wilson, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.825011, -98.475344. 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 Wilson includes the ZIP code (67490), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ellsworth County (Ellsworth), and school district assignment (Central Plains Unified School District 112).

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.