Explore Cordova, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cordova, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cordova.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Cordova |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Seward County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.71723 |
| Longitude | -97.353103 |
| Population | 92 |
| Density | 142.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 68330, 68359 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Seward |
| School District | Friend Public Schools |
Cordova emerges from the expansive Nebraska landscape as a quiet arrangement of structures anchored by the relentless reach of the prairie horizon. It lies 36.4 miles west of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 261°T), and is situated 16.3 miles southeast of York. The terrain here is defined by subtle shifts in elevation, where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells that catch the golden light of late afternoon, casting shadows that stretch across the fields like ink on parchment. A mile to the west, the quiet passage of Indian Creek provides a thin ribbon of moisture through the loam, its banks lined with the persistent brush that defines this inland geography. While the distant surface of Milton Reservoir rests five miles away, the immediate sensation in Cordova is one of profound terrestrial stillness, where the wind moves through the tallgrass with a low, continuous hum that seems to hold the very air in place.
History in Cordova is measured in the steady persistence of agrarian life, where the local economy remains bound to the cycles of the harvest and the seasons of the plains. The influence of early settlers remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the streets, reflecting a culture built upon resilience and the quiet dignity of labor. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape opens into vast stretches of cultivated land, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a silo or the distant, muted movement of farm machinery. For those seeking the solitude of the natural world, the Hidden Marsh Wildlife Management Area lies seven miles out, serving as a sanctuary where the native ecosystem persists undisturbed. Life in Cordova maintains a deliberate pace, governed more by the changing colors of the sky and the requirements of the soil than by the hurried expectations of a world further east.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cordova, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.71723, -97.353103. 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 Cordova includes the ZIP code (68330, 68359), telephone area code (402), county seat of Seward County (Seward), and school district assignment (Friend Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |