Oberlin, Kansas

About Oberlin

Oberlin, KS is a small town located in northwestern Kansas, home to 1,610 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Oberlin holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.91 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 843 residents per square mile.

📰 Oberlin News Today

• Jeff Groneweg, 50 Hays Post · Oct 10
• Marilynn Frances Fossum McCook Gazette · Oct 9
• Decatur Community High School (Oberlin, KS) Girls Basketball MaxPreps · Sep 30
• Man dies after a house fire in northwest Kansas KSN.com · Apr 22
• Alan Shields Obituary (2026) - Oberlin, KS - Plumer-Gobber Funeral Home - Oberlin Legacy | Obituary · Jul 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Kansas headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Oberlin Unique

• Positioned in northwestern 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 17 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Oberlin

• The LandMark Inn
• Frontier Cafe (café)
• Godfather's Pizza — pizza
• Pizza Hut — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oberlin

• City Park reviews ★
• Oberlin-Sappa Park · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Oberlin

• Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
• Oberlin Elem

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

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Decatur Health · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Oberlin

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