Bloomington Nebraska Map

About Bloomington, Nebraska

Bloomington is a locality in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 53.4 people per km². Bloomington is located at 40.0942°N, 99.0370°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bloomington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68929.

Bloomington anchors itself upon the vast, open plains of Nebraska, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 41.9 miles south of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 177°T), and is situated 29.7 miles southeast of Holdrege. The landscape stretches out in a quiet, expansive geometry of earth and sky, defined by the gentle, persistent rise of the ground toward the distant silhouette of Lookout Mountain. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Little Cottonwood Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the fields, while the still, reflective surface of James Reservoir waits two miles to the west, mirroring the immense, shifting clouds. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the tallgrass, and as the sun begins to dip, the light turns a deep, bruised gold that seems to pool in the shallow depressions of the prairie.

Bloomington carries the weight of a long-settled history, where the labor of earlier generations remains etched into the very grain of the local economy. Agriculture defines the rhythm of life, with the soil yielding its harvest under the watchful gaze of a sun that dictates the pace of every season. Seven miles away, the Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory life, providing a stark, wild counterpoint to the orderly patterns of the surrounding farmland. The character of Bloomington is found in the steady, unassuming persistence of its people, who move through their days with a pragmatism forged by the wide, indifferent expanse of the plains. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, meaningful presence that binds the inhabitants to the land they cultivate.

About This Bloomington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bloomington, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.094179, -99.037029. 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 Bloomington includes the ZIP code (68929), telephone area code (308), county seat of Franklin County (Franklin), and school district assignment (Franklin 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.