Ceresco Nebraska Map
Ceresco, Nebraska — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Ceresco, Saunders County.
Interactive Map of Ceresco, Nebraska
| City | Ceresco |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Saunders |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.057223 |
| Longitude | -96.644738 |
| Population | 1,225 |
| Density | 1186.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Ceresco, Nebraska
Ceresco is a locality in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,225. The population density is 1186.7 people per km². Ceresco is located at 41.0572°N, 96.6447°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68017.
Ceresco rests in a broad sweep of Nebraska farmland, where the land exhales a quiet expanse under a sky that often stretches from horizon to horizon. It lies 17.8 miles north of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 4°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east of Valparaiso. The fields here, predominantly golden corn and the pale green of soybeans, ripple like a vast, muted sea with every breath of wind, their endless rows converging towards the distant, softened edges of the horizon. The air carries the dry, clean scent of cultivated earth, a subtle perfume that mingles with the fainter, sweeter aroma of distant clover fields in the late afternoon. The gentle undulations of the terrain, though subtle, guide the eye across the landscape, hinting at the slow, persistent work of water and time that has shaped this place. The very stillness of the place, broken only by the murmur of the wind through the stalks or the distant drone of a tractor, seems to hold a deep, unhurried peace. The history of Ceresco is tied to the fertile soil that defines it, a legacy of pioneers who saw the promise in these prairie lands for agriculture. The local economy remains firmly rooted in the cultivation and processing of these abundant crops, a continuous cycle of planting and harvest that has sustained the community for generations. You can see the enduring presence of this agricultural heritage in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the older farmsteads and the grain elevators that punctuate the landscape, silent sentinels of past abundance. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of Ceresco itself serves as a testament to the enduring strength and resourcefulness of the people who have called this stretch of Nebraska home, their lives interwoven with the rhythm of the seasons and the dependable bounty of the earth.
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About This Ceresco Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Ceresco, Nebraska with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Ceresco and Saunders County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Ceresco is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Ceresco is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
