Geneva Nebraska Map

About Geneva, Nebraska

Geneva is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,136. The population density is 364.4 people per km². Geneva is located at 40.5270°N, 97.5959°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Geneva is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68361.

Geneva anchors itself upon a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth below. It lies 41.8 miles east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 95°T), and is situated 23.6 miles south of York. The horizon remains the primary fact of existence here, a thin, unwavering line that separates the deep, bruised violets of the evening clouds from the dark, rich soil of the surrounding fields. Turkey Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the countryside just one mile away, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of willow and cottonwood that breaks the relentless geometry of the farmland. The light during the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, amber weight, casting long, lean shadows across the stubble of harvested crops and turning the distant, quiet plains into a sea of muted bronze.

Geneva serves as the county seat, its character defined by the sturdy, deliberate architecture of a nineteenth-century courthouse that stands as a sentinel over the local commerce of grain and cattle. The pace of life adheres to the slow, seasonal turn of the plow and the harvest, an economy tethered to the fertility of the surrounding prairie. Travelers seeking a glimpse of the wilder, uncultivated landscape often venture six miles to the Sandpiper Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses reclaim their ancient tenure. Even further afield, the Cedar View Recreation Reservoir provides a still, glassy mirror for the wide Nebraska sky, offering a place of quiet reflection ten miles from the center of Geneva, where the wind carries the dry, honest scent of earth and turning weather.

About This Geneva Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Geneva, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.526951, -97.595882. 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 Geneva includes the ZIP code (68361), telephone area code (402), county seat of Fillmore County (Geneva), and school district assignment (Fillmore Central 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.