De Witt Nebraska Map

About De Witt, Nebraska

De Witt is a locality in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 530. The population density is 490.7 people per km². De Witt is located at 40.3936°N, 96.9228°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. De Witt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68341.

De Witt occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 12.7 miles northwest of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 313°T), and is situated 16.3 miles south of Crete. The landscape unfolds in a series of subtle elevations, where the earth is defined by the steady, persistent presence of Turkey Creek as it carves its path through the silt and loam. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the tallgrass that shivers in the wind and illuminating the vast, open sky that dominates the visual field. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Essman Reservoir offers a localized reprieve from the vastness, its waters holding the stillness of the plains in a shallow, quiet bowl.

Agriculture maintains the pulse of De Witt, anchoring the lives of its inhabitants to the slow, inevitable cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this region for generations. The history of the area remains tethered to the spirit of early settlement, a legacy that finds a physical echo nine miles away at the Homestead Land Grant, where the ethos of the pioneer era is preserved in the soil and the silence. Residents often look toward the Homestead Trail for a sense of connection to the wider landscape, following the path as it cuts through the fields that have been worked and reworked by hand and machine alike. Daily life moves with an unforced cadence, governed by the shifting light across the grain silos and the distant, rhythmic hum of equipment that defines the economic vitality of the plains.

About This De Witt Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of De Witt, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.393614, -96.922806. 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 De Witt includes the ZIP code (68341), telephone area code (402), county seat of Saline County (Wilber), and school district assignment (Tri County 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.