South Mound, Kansas

About South Mound

Set in the southeastern part of Kansas, South Mound is a small unincorporated community.

South Mound holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.99 square miles.

📰 South Mound News Today

• Don Cook Obituary (2026) - Parsons, KS - Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Homes - Parsons Legacy | Obituary · Aug 21
• Harold Jerome Gouvion Obituary Nov 30, 2011 The Amos Family Funeral Home & Crematory · Jul 8
• Gertrude Irene Grabs Obituary Oct 23, 2020 Prairie Rose Funeral Homes · Aug 24
• Richard Giefer KOAM News Now · Jul 29
• Helena Ross Obituary - Grand Junction, CO Dignity Memorial · Jan 1

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What Makes South Mound Unique

• The only place in America named South Mound — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in South Mound

• Neosho State Fishing Lake · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

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