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Copeland

Ghost town · Thomas County, Kansas

Chardon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)
Chardon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Copeland is a ghost town in Thomas County, Kansas, recorded as place in Thomas County, Kansas, United States. It is the only former community in Thomas County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Copeland as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.5056° N, 101.1672° W.

Key facts

Elevation3,284 ft
Nearest living townLevant, KS
Distance to it8.2 miles
Coordinates39.50556, -101.16722

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Copeland today, aerial view
Chardon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)

Left: Chardon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Copeland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Levant, KS (population 57), about 8.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,284 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.