Belden Nebraska Map

About Belden, Nebraska

Belden is a locality in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 113. The population density is 292.8 people per km². Belden is located at 42.4131°N, 97.2067°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Belden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68717.

Belden emerges from the wide, unyielding expanse of the Nebraska plains where the Middle Logan Creek carves a persistent, shallow path through the earth. It lies 28.7 miles north-northeast of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 22°T), and is situated 15.9 miles northwest of Wayne. The horizon serves as the primary fact of life here, a vast and level boundary that demands a quiet sort of humility from those who walk its soil. During the late hours of the afternoon, the light stretches thin and amber across the prairie grasses, illuminating the subtle shifts in elevation that ripple toward the distant rise of Cottonwood Hill. The air carries a dry, clean weight, unburdened by the dampness of the coast, and the silence of the open fields remains absolute until broken by the low, rhythmic stir of the wind.

Belden sustains itself through the gravity of its agricultural roots, where the economy is measured in the seasonal turn of the soil and the endurance of the local harvest. This land was settled by those who understood that prosperity is tied to the patience of the rain and the health of the surrounding acreage, a legacy that still informs the daily pace of life. A short distance away, the Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the native fauna that have outlasted the changing hands of the region, while the waters of Fharenholtz Reservoir wait in the distance as a quiet repository for the runoff of the plains. Life in Belden moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, reflecting a history built by hands that favored the honest, hard labor of the fields over the fleeting noise of the outside world.

About This Belden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belden, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.413056, -97.206719. 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 Belden includes the ZIP code (68717), telephone area code (402), county seat of Cedar County (Hartington), and school district assignment (Randolph 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.