Douglas Nebraska Map

About Douglas, Nebraska

Douglas is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 166. The population density is 291.3 people per km². Douglas is located at 40.5956°N, 96.3875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Douglas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68344.

Douglas emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent, unadorned presence of the South Fork Little Nemaha River, which carves a modest path through the surrounding fields. It lies 20.3 miles southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 134°T), and is situated 12.8 miles east of Hickman. The horizon acts as the primary fact of life here, a vast, unbroken line where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure on the earth. In the transition from midday to dusk, the light loses its sharp edges, casting long, thin shadows across the prairie grasses that ripple in the constant wind. Five miles away, the quiet surface of Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir L-10 offers a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural land.

Douglas maintains a character forged by the soil, where the local economy remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of the open field. The legacy of early settlement persists in the deliberate, steady pace of the day, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission State Wildlife Management Area, five miles distant, as a reminder of the quiet, natural order that dictates the region's pace. Life in Douglas moves with the gravity of a place that understands its own scale, where the weight of history is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet consistency of the land itself.

About This Douglas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Douglas, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.595556, -96.387512. 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 Douglas includes the ZIP code (68344), telephone area code (402), county seat of Otoe County (Nebraska City), and school district assignment (Sterling 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.