Windom Kansas Map

About Windom, Kansas

Windom is a locality in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 85. The population density is 163.3 people per km². Windom is located at 38.3839°N, 97.9100°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Windom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67491.

Windom occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled across the earth like a wire. It lies 13.3 miles west of McPherson, KS (from McPherson, KS: bearing 274°T), and is situated 18.3 miles southwest of Lindsborg. The land here does not boast, but instead yields to the persistent breath of the wind, which carries the scent of dry soil and dormant wheat through the Ferris Demonstration Wildlife Area. A mile away, the water of Lone Tree Creek cuts a jagged, shadowed path through the silt, providing a brief, cool sanctuary for the cottonwoods that lean toward its banks. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Smoky Hills marks the western limit of the sky, a faint, serrated bruise against the pale light of late afternoon.

Windom emerged from the ambition of the rail age, its grid laid out to catch the grain trade that once fed the hunger of a growing nation. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictated by the planting and harvest of expansive fields that turn from emerald to a brittle, scorched gold. Life here moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the urgent noise of more crowded places, as residents navigate the intersection of tradition and the demands of modern farming. Travelers passing through might find the stillness heavy, yet there is a singular clarity in the way the twilight deepens over the flat fields, casting long, lean shadows that seem to hold the memory of every harvest gathered since the town’s founding.

About This Windom Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Windom, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.383898, -97.910049. 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 Windom includes the ZIP code (67491), telephone area code (785), county seat of McPherson County (McPherson), and school district assignment (Little River Unified School District 444).

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.