Ames Nebraska Map

About Ames, Nebraska

Ames is a locality in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 14. The population density is 16.5 people per km². Ames is located at 41.4522°N, 96.6245°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68621.

Ames rests upon the expansive, open plains of eastern Nebraska, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 6.7 miles west-northwest of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 281°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north of Wahoo. The horizon remains the primary fact of life here, a flat and unrelenting line that stretches toward the distant shadow of Indian Peak. Nearby, the moisture of Meadow Lake provides a subtle cool to the air during the heat of midsummer, while the path of the Ames Cutoff Ditch traces a quiet, earthen scar across the surrounding fields. The wind moves through the tallgrass with a steady, rhythmic frequency, flattening the stalks into amber waves that shimmer under the relentless, high-noon sun.

Agriculture defines the economy of Ames, as the soil serves as the bedrock for a way of life deeply connected to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. History lingers in the quietude of the land, reflecting a heritage of pioneer resilience that predates the modern infrastructure of the nearby Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area. Life in Ames follows the deliberate pace of the rural Midwest, where the hum of machinery often serves as the only interruption to the stillness of the afternoon. As the sun dips low, the light turns a bruised, dusty violet, casting long, lean shadows from the silos that stand as sentinels over the vast, productive silence of the plains.

About This Ames Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ames, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.452224, -96.624471. 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 Ames includes the ZIP code (68621), telephone area code (402), county seat of Dodge County (Fremont), and school district assignment (North Bend Central 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.