Cheney Nebraska Map

About Cheney, Nebraska

Cheney is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 114.1 people per km². Cheney is located at 40.7256°N, 96.5961°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68526.

Cheney rests in a broad, fertile cradle of the Nebraska prairie, where the land rolls with the patient, unhurried breath of the Great Plains. It lies 6.3 miles south-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 144°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-east of Hickman. The sky above Cheney is a vast, ever-changing canvas, its blues deepening to indigo at dusk, broken only by the occasional, wind-sculpted cloud. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their verdant uniformity broken by the darker lines of trees that follow the gentle contours of the terrain, hinting at the slow, meandering creeks that nourish this land. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and distant rain, a palpable presence that settles over the quiet streets and the sturdy, low-slung buildings. This is a place whose character is deeply etched by the agricultural heart that beats within Cheney, a legacy of homesteaders who saw potential in these wide-open spaces. The local economy, though diversified, still feels the pulse of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the sky. While no grand monuments mark its history, Cheney’s story is told in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its residents, a resilience forged in the face of prairie winds and changing times. The gentle slope of the land, leading toward the subtle murmur of water in unseen ditches, speaks of a life lived in close communion with the earth, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of this Nebraska locality.

About This Cheney Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cheney, Nebraska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.725556, -96.596126. 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 Cheney and Lancaster County.

Detailed location data for Cheney includes the ZIP code (68526), telephone area code (402), county seat of Lancaster County (Lincoln), and school district assignment (Norris School District 160). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cheney is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.