Alexandria Nebraska Map

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.

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).

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.