Eddyville Nebraska Map

About Eddyville, Nebraska

Eddyville is a locality in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 123.1 people per km². Eddyville is located at 41.0114°N, 99.6243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Eddyville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68834.

Eddyville occupies a quiet stretch of the Nebraska prairie where the Wood River carves a shallow, persistent path through the silty earth. It lies 17.1 miles north-northeast of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 21°T), and is situated 21.7 miles east-northeast of Cozad. The landscape expands in every direction, a vast and level horizon that demands an accounting of the light, which turns a bruised, copper color as it sinks behind the distant, shadowed rise of Redfern Table. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain grows more rugged toward the jagged, eroded gullies of Buzzards Roost Canyon, where the wind pulls through the dry grasses with a sharp, rhythmic whistle. While the nearby Dawson Company Road Dam Reservoir Number 7 offers a still, reflective surface against the plains, the true character of the land remains tied to the cyclic patience of the soil and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons.

Eddyville persists as a testament to the endurance of the Great Plains, built upon the hard-won labor of those who first broke the sod to cultivate the surrounding grain fields. The local economy remains tethered to this agricultural rhythm, with the daily pulse of the village dictated by the harvest and the steady requirements of cattle husbandry. Memories of early settlement still linger in the architecture of the older buildings, which stand with a stoic, unadorned utility against the immense, open sky. For those seeking the quietude of the backcountry, the Pressey Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of native habitat, preserving the wilder edges of a region long defined by the plow and the fence line. Life here proceeds with a functional grace, measured by the long shadows cast across the tracks and the quiet persistence of a community that understands its place within the wide, unyielding expanse of the plains.

About This Eddyville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eddyville, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.011397, -99.624276. 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 Eddyville includes the ZIP code (68834), telephone area code (308), county seat of Dawson County (Lexington), and school district assignment (Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 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.