Beaver Crossing Nebraska Map

About Beaver Crossing, Nebraska

Beaver Crossing is a locality in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 375. The population density is 221.1 people per km². Beaver Crossing is located at 40.7786°N, 97.2823°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Beaver Crossing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68313.

Beaver Crossing emerges from the flat expanse of the Nebraska plains, defined by the quiet persistence of the West Fork Big Blue River as it carves a slow path through the loess soil. It lies 32.2 miles west of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 268°T), and is situated 17.3 miles east-southeast of York. The horizon serves as the primary fact of life here, a vast and unyielding line that separates the heavy, fertile earth from a sky that shifts through infinite shades of indigo and pale amber. Only a mile away, the surface of Langworthy Reservoir holds the stillness of the afternoon, reflecting the clouds in a glassy, muted gray. Grasses sway in the constant, rhythmic breath of the prairie wind, turning the open fields into a shifting sea of green and gold that stretches toward the edges of the world.

Beaver Crossing maintains an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of the soil, where the labor of the harvest dictates the pulse of the days and the character of the seasons. The history of the region is written in the endurance of those who first settled these plains, carving a life out of the tallgrass and shortgrass that once blanketed the landscape. Those seeking the quietude of the natural world often travel six miles to the Straight Water Wildlife Management Area, where the land is left to its own devices. Life in Beaver Crossing moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own scale, where the weight of the silence is as significant as the hum of the passing machinery that keeps the fields productive and the spirit of the plains alive.

About This Beaver Crossing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.778619, -97.282268. 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 Beaver Crossing includes the ZIP code (68313), telephone area code (402), county seat of Seward County (Seward), and school district assignment (Centennial 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.