Dawson Nebraska Map

About Dawson, Nebraska

Dawson is a locality in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 268.3 people per km². Dawson is located at 40.1311°N, 95.8305°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dawson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68337.

Dawson emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 49.3 miles east of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 101°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west-northwest of Falls City. Barneys Branch carves a quiet, unassuming path through the local topography, its rhythmic flow cutting through the earth like a silver thread in a heavy woolen coat. The land here does not rise in dramatic peaks, yet the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge anchors the western sky, reminding the traveler of the immense scale of the plains. At dusk, the light stretches thin and pale across the tallgrass, casting shadows that seem to hold the weight of a long-settled quiet, while the nearby South Fork Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the stir of wings or the shifting of dry stalks.

Dawson remains a place defined by the steady, unyielding cycle of the agrarian calendar, where the local economy is etched into the productivity of the surrounding fields. The history of the region is a quiet inheritance, carried in the architecture of modest buildings and the enduring patience of those who work the soil. Residents often seek the stillness of Verdon Lake, a mirror for the wide, open sky that defines the daily experience of the people here. Life in Dawson moves with the deliberate pace of a season, grounded in the practical realities of land and labor, yet colored by the profound beauty of a landscape that demands nothing more than an honest day’s attention.

About This Dawson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dawson, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.131112, -95.830549. 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 Dawson includes the ZIP code (68337), telephone area code (402), county seat of Richardson County (Falls City), and school district assignment (Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer 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.