Ceresco Nebraska Map

About Ceresco, Nebraska

Ceresco is a locality in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 919. The population density is 838.8 people per km². Ceresco is located at 41.0572°N, 96.6447°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ceresco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68017.

Ceresco anchors itself upon the wide, flattened expanse of the Nebraska plains, where the horizon stretches as a singular, unbroken line against the vastness of the sky. It lies 17.8 miles north of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 4°T), and is situated 10.7 miles south of Wahoo. The Hobson Branch carves a quiet, unassuming path through the local topography, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian growth that persists even when the summer heat turns the surrounding grasses to brittle gold. To the south, the Jack Sinn Memorial Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of restored prairie, where the wind carries the dry, sweet scent of bluestem and switchgrass across the fields. Beyond these immediate boundaries, the land rises toward the distant, faint silhouette of Bodleys Hill, an elevation that serves as the only relief in a landscape defined by its relentless, horizontal grace. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the dusty air into a translucent amber that settles over the earth like a benediction.

Ceresco emerged from the ambition of the railroad era, growing as a persistent node of commerce amidst the sea of grain and turning soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the silos standing as vertical sentinels of a trade that has sustained families for generations. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Martin Reservoir provide a stillness that contrasts with the mechanical hum of agricultural machinery during the peak of the season. Life in Ceresco moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, where the social geography is measured in the shared labor of the fields and the endurance of long-standing family lines. It is a place where the history of the soil is written in the furrows, a steady, unadorned existence that finds its beauty in the repetition of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the people who remain.

About This Ceresco Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ceresco, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.057223, -96.644738. 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 Ceresco includes the ZIP code (68017), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Saunders County (Wahoo), and school district assignment (Raymond 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.