Cushing Nebraska Map

About Cushing, Nebraska

Cushing is a locality in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 46.4 people per km². Cushing is located at 41.2972°N, 98.3684°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cushing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68873.

Cushing emerges from the vast Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 25.8 miles north of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 357°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northeast of St. Paul. Paul. Spring Creek carves a low, persistent path through the surrounding grasses, its waters pulling the light across the landscape in long, shimmering ribbons during the golden hour. A few miles to the west, the Leonard A. Koziol Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native vegetation, while the still surface of Deppen Reservoir reflects the immense, unclouded dome of the sky. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Mumpumpey Hill anchors the view, a reminder of the quiet, geologic patience that defines this stretch of the interior.

Cushing maintains a steady pulse rooted in the labor of the soil, with the economy turning on the seasonal cycles of grain and cattle that have long directed the lives of its inhabitants. The architecture of the grain elevators remains a vertical signature against the flat expanse, echoing the pioneer memory of those who first broke the sod to claim a foothold in the prairie. Here, the pace of existence is governed not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the slow, necessary work of the harvest and the changing color of the stubble as winter approaches. Life in Cushing is defined by this grounded perseverance, where the weight of the past is carried forward in the simple, enduring habits of people who understand that the most meaningful history is written in the daily maintenance of the land.

About This Cushing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cushing, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.297235, -98.368401. 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 Cushing includes the ZIP code (68873), telephone area code (308), county seat of Howard County (St. Paul), and school district assignment (St. Paul 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.