Fairfield Nebraska Map

About Fairfield, Nebraska

Fairfield is a locality in Clay County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 330. The population density is 176.5 people per km². Fairfield is located at 40.4317°N, 98.1059°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68938.

Fairfield emerges from the vast, level expanse of the Nebraska prairie as a collection of quiet streets defined by the relentless, expansive reach of the sky. It lies 18.3 miles southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 126°T), and is situated 30.6 miles south of Aurora. The horizon acts as the primary fact of life here, dictating the scale of everything from the modest frame houses to the height of the grain elevators that mark the town’s silhouette against the shifting light of dusk. To the immediate west, the Kissinger Basin Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of native grasses and seasonal wetlands, while the nearby trickle of Buffalo Creek cuts a thin, earthen vein through the surrounding agricultural fields. Two miles to the north, the surface of Lambie Reservoir holds the reflection of passing clouds, offering a rare, still point of water in a landscape otherwise dominated by the rhythmic, golden sway of ripening crops.

Agricultural cycles have long dictated the pulse of Fairfield, shaping an economy rooted in the dark, fertile soil that demands both labor and patience. History remains visible in the architecture of the older storefronts, which hold the memory of a time when the railroad brought the promise of rapid expansion to these plains. Today, the pace of life favors a steady, deliberate consistency, where the quiet of the afternoon is broken only by the distant hum of machinery or the wind moving through the tallgrass. Fairfield maintains a character forged by the isolation of the high plains, where the distance between neighbors is measured not just in miles, but in a shared, quiet understanding of the land’s enduring, uncomplicated austerity.

About This Fairfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairfield, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.431678, -98.105881. 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 Fairfield includes the ZIP code (68938), telephone area code (308), county seat of Clay County (Clay Center), and school district assignment (Sandy Creek 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.