Allen Nebraska Map

About Allen, Nebraska

Allen is a locality in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 355. The population density is 368.5 people per km². Allen is located at 42.4164°N, 96.8453°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Allen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68710.

Allen spreads its quiet grid across the northeastern Nebraska plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day’s length. It lies 22.4 miles west of South Sioux City, NE (from South Sioux City, NE: bearing 260°T), and is situated 15.6 miles northeast of Wayne. The land here is defined by a rigorous, open geometry, characterized by broad stretches of fertile soil that rise toward the modest elevation of Cottonwood Hill four miles to the west. A mile to the south, the banks of Otter Creek cut a shallow, winding path through the silt, providing a thin, verdant ribbon of vegetation that contrasts with the surrounding expanse of shortgrass prairie. In the deeper shadows of Tar Box Hollow, two miles away, the wind loses its sharp edge, and the light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality that seems to compress the vast sky against the earth.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Allen, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the slow, deliberate pace of commerce that defines the local economy. The legacy of those who first broke this sod persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the clouds, marking the town’s silhouette. For those seeking the stillness of the landscape, the Fharenholtz Reservoir sits four miles distant, holding the sky in its glass-still surface, while the Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area twelve miles away offers a preserve for the native grasses and fauna that once claimed the entire region. Life in Allen moves in synchrony with the harvest, a persistent, quiet endurance that values the integrity of the soil and the clarity of the wide, empty air above it.

About This Allen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Allen, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.416388, -96.845318. 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 Allen includes the ZIP code (68710), telephone area code (402), county seat of Dixon County (Ponca), and school district assignment (Allen Consolidated 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.