southeast kansas is a region of the u.s. state of kansas. it can be generally defined by woodson county in the northwest, bourbon county in the northeast, cherokee county in the southeast, and montgomery county in the southwest. geographically it mostly has broad rolling landscape located between the flint hills to the west and includes the ozarks to the southeast. some notable towns there include pittsburg, parsons, coffeyville, independence, chanute, fort scott, and iola.