Grafton Nebraska Map

About Grafton, Nebraska

Grafton is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 117.3 people per km². Grafton is located at 40.6281°N, 97.7139°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grafton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68365.

Grafton occupies a vast, level expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, turning the horizon into a sharp, uncompromising line of light. It lies 35.5 miles east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 85°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Geneva. The air here holds the dry scent of sun-baked stalks and turned soil, a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of shortgrass and the expansive, cloud-swept ceiling of the plains. Only a mile away, the Marsh Hawk Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, while two miles to the west, the waters of Stuckey Reservoir and the steady, narrow path of Elk Run provide the only breaks in the geometric grid of cultivated fields. In this stillness, the transition from midday heat to the long, violet shadows of dusk feels like a physical weight, grounding the senses in the singular, steady pulse of the land.

Grafton persists as a quiet testament to the agricultural ambition of the nineteenth-century pioneers, its identity rooted firmly in the rhythm of the harvest and the cyclical demands of the grain trade. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the surrounding fields, where the machinery of modern farming moves across the terrain with the same deliberate pace that has defined the region for generations. Residents seeking a longer stride toward the horizon sometimes travel the eight miles to the Sutton Recreational Trail, yet the character of Grafton remains centered on its own internal gravity and the quiet endurance of its sparse, resilient architecture. Life here follows the arc of the seasons, a slow, methodical existence where the memory of the frontier is not a relic, but a quiet, living presence in the way the wind moves across the empty spaces.

About This Grafton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grafton, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.628065, -97.713937. 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 Grafton includes the ZIP code (68365), 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.