Ericson Nebraska Map

About Ericson, Nebraska

Ericson is a locality in Wheeler County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 91.6 people per km². Ericson is located at 41.7800°N, 98.6773°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ericson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68637.

Ericson emerges from the vast Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, defined by the steady, unpretentious path of the Cedar River that curls past its edge. It lies 61.6 miles north-northwest of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 344°T), and is situated 17.7 miles northeast of Ord. Here, the horizon acts as the primary architect, stretching outward in a flat, relentless expanse that forces the eye to find detail in the nuances of light—the way dusk turns the prairie grass to a bruised, dusty gold or how the shadows lengthen across the dry, silted banks of the riverbed. Two miles to the north, Ericson Lake holds the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that feels ancient, while seven miles away, the Pibel Lake State Recreation Area provides a pocket of managed green against the broader, sun-bleached monotony of the surrounding cattle country.

Ericson carries the weight of pioneer memory in the silence of its streets, where the local economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the endurance of the ranching spirit. The life of the place is measured by the rhythm of the harvest and the movement of herds, a stark existence that leaves little room for pretense. While Windy Hill rises as a distant, hazy silhouette twenty-three miles to the west, the inhabitants of Ericson look instead to the immediate, practical demands of the land, finding a different kind of beauty in the precision of a fence line or the sudden, sharp scent of rain hitting parched earth. It is a place where the past is not a museum piece but a lived condition, visible in the weathered wood of old barns and the steady, unsentimental gaze of those who know that survival here depends on understanding the temperament of the open prairie.

About This Ericson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ericson, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.780009, -98.677303. 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 Ericson includes the ZIP code (68637), telephone area code (402), county seat of Wheeler County (Bartlett), and school district assignment (Wheeler Central 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.