Greenwood Nebraska Map
Greenwood, Nebraska — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Greenwood, Cass County.
Interactive Map of Greenwood, Nebraska
| City | Greenwood |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Cass |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.962776 |
| Longitude | -96.44112 |
| Population | 601 |
| Density | 479.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Greenwood, Nebraska
Greenwood is a locality in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 601. The population density is 479.6 people per km². Greenwood is located at 40.9628°N, 96.4411°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68366.
Greenwood rests on the broad, yielding plains of Cass County, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with a quiet insistence. It lies 16.3 miles north-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 46°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-east of Waverly. The land here is a study in gentle swells and shallow valleys, carved by the slow passage of ancient water and the relentless breath of prairie winds. Fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like green and gold carpets, their straight lines a deliberate human mark upon the land's natural undulation. Here, the air carries the scent of turned earth and, in summer, the sweet, heavy perfume of ripening grain, a smell that settles deep into the lungs. The light, especially as it begins its slow descent toward evening, seems to soften the edges of everything, casting long, warm shadows that give the landscape a profound, almost tangible presence. The history of Greenwood is written in the soil and the enduring spirit of its people, a testament to the hardiness required to coax life from this fertile ground. Established by settlers who saw potential in the rich prairie loam, the economy has long been tied to agriculture, with generations of families working the land that surrounds Greenwood. The grain elevators stand as silent sentinels, their metal silos reflecting the endless Nebraska sky, a constant reminder of the bounty that flows from the fields to the wider world. While much has changed, the core of Greenwood remains rooted in that same pragmatic determination, a quiet hum of life that persists through the seasons, marked by the predictable cycles of planting and harvest.
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About This Greenwood Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Greenwood, Nebraska with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Greenwood and Cass County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Greenwood is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Greenwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
