Alexandria Nebraska Map
Explore Alexandria, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Alexandria, Nebraska
How to Use This Alexandria, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alexandria, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alexandria.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Alexandria |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Thayer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.245279 |
| Longitude | -97.389208 |
| Population | 148 |
| Density | 141.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68303 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Hebron |
| School District | Meridian Public Schools |
About Alexandria, Nebraska
Alexandria is a locality in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 141.4 people per km². Alexandria is located at 40.2453°N, 97.3892°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alexandria is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68303.Alexandria occupies a quiet expanse of the Great Plains where the sky exerts a heavy, constant influence over the flat, agrarian horizon. It lies 33.9 miles west of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 268°T), and is situated 13.3 miles northwest of Fairbury. Big Sandy Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with cottonwoods that catch the low, golden light of late afternoon. Just a few miles to the west, the water of Alexandria Reservoir holds the reflection of passing clouds, providing a still, glassy counterpoint to the restless rustle of prairie grasses. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and cured hay, a sensory reminder of the expansive, open distance that defines the character of the land.
Alexandria remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, its economy rooted deep in the agricultural cycles that have sustained the region for generations. To the north, the Alexandria Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet cover, standing as a modest reminder of the wilder landscape that existed before the plow. Life in Alexandria proceeds with a deliberate pace, colored by the seasonal work of the fields and the endurance of those who have made their lives in the shadow of the wide Nebraska sky. It is a place of understated persistence, where the historical memory of the frontier lingers not in grand monuments, but in the simple, sturdy architecture of the local buildings and the steady, quiet movement of the people who call Alexandria home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Alexandria Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 116° SE
- Meridian Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 184° S
- Alexandria State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 106° E
- Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 340° N
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 274° W
- Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 275° W
- Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 013° N
- Fiarbury City Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 125° SE
- Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 124° SE
- Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.2 mi, 050° NE · 124 acres
- Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 176° S
- Sixth Principal Meridian (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 176° S
- Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 20.3 mi, 298° NW
- Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 147° SE
- Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 269° W
- Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 054° NE
- Approximate site of Squatter's Cabin 1862 (Viewpoint) — 29.3 mi, 084° E
- Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 204° SW
- The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 33.9 mi, 087° E
- Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.3 mi, 321° NW · 324 acres
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About This Alexandria Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alexandria, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.245279, -97.389208. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Alexandria includes the ZIP code (68303), telephone area code (402), county seat of Thayer County (Hebron), and school district assignment (Meridian Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
