Ashland, Kansas

About Ashland

Set in the southwestern part of Kansas, Ashland is a tiny community, home to 734 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Ashland holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.69 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 434 residents per square mile.

📰 Ashland News Today

• Evacuation order lifted for Ashland as W. Kansas fires continue to burn KWCH · May 18
• Emergency personnel work to control numerous southwest Kansas wildfires Kansas Reflector · May 18
• Evacuation lifted for Ashland amid dayslong wildfire battle KAKE · Jul 13
• Evacuation order lifted as crews continue to fight SW Kansas fires Hays Post · May 19
• SW Kansas Wildfires, local crews deployed to assist as SEK Wildfire Task Force KOAM News Now · May 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ashland Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Ashland — but the Kansas one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southwestern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Kansas — one of 740 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 23 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Pioneer-Krier · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ashland

• Ashland Athletic Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ashland

• Ashland Elem
• Ashland High
• Ashland Junior High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Ashland Health Center · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ashland

🏘️ Nearby Communities