Yale Kansas Map

About Yale, Kansas

Yale is a locality in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 31.5 people per km². Yale is located at 37.4839°N, 94.6419°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66762.

Yale occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the pale sky down to meet the golden stalks of ripening grain. It lies 6.1 miles northeast of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 34°T), and is situated 3.2 miles northeast of Frontenac. East Cow Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic furrow through the heavy soil just a mile from the center of town, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver whenever the persistent prairie wind stirs. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape flattens into a vast, sun-bleached table, though the distant Rombaugh Hills occasionally haunt the western skyline like a smudge of charcoal against the blue. The air here holds the dry, honest scent of turned earth and cured grass, a clarity that makes the late afternoon light turn everything—the silos, the fences, the gravel roads—into a study of sharp edges and long, violet shadows.

Yale grew from the hard-won labor of those who broke the stubborn sod, building an economy that remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the patient pulse of the land. The legacy of the region’s extractive past is visible nearby at the Mined Land Wildlife Area, where the earth has reclaimed the scars of industry, turning former pits into a sanctuary for wild grasses and migratory birds. Residents often find their respite in the quiet shade of the Lester R Davis Memorial State Forest, a short drive away, or perhaps by visiting Gardner Farms Lake to watch the water catch the fading sun. Life in Yale moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, shaped by the seasons and the quiet necessity of keeping the machinery running, whether it is the combine in the field or the modest commerce that keeps the main street anchored.

About This Yale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yale, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.483937, -94.641904. 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 Yale includes the ZIP code (66762), telephone area code (913), county seat of Crawford County (Girard), and school district assignment (Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249).

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.