Hershey Nebraska Map

About Hershey, Nebraska

Hershey is a locality in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 649. The population density is 328.4 people per km². Hershey is located at 41.1586°N, 101.0027°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hershey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69143.

Hershey occupies a wide, flat expanse of the Platte River valley where the horizon serves as the primary architecture of the landscape. It lies 12.6 miles west of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 281°T), and is situated 37.4 miles east of Ogallala. The land around Hershey remains defined by the slow, shallow flow of the South Platte River, which carves a modest path through the surrounding prairie grasses. To the north, the terrain rises into the subtle, arid undulations of the Sandhills, while Hershey Lake sits two miles away, offering a quiet basin that reflects the vast, high-altitude sky. At dusk, the light here thins and stretches, turning the dry grasses to the color of aged straw and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the immense scale of the plains.

Agriculture provides the steady pulse of the local economy, with center-pivot irrigation circles painting the earth in deep, geometric greens against the pale, sandy soil. Residents often traverse the short distance to the Hershey Wildlife Management Area, where the riparian corridor offers a refuge for migratory birds and local deer amidst the cultivated fields. The legacy of the region is rooted in the quiet endurance of homesteaders who favored the river valley for its access to water and grazing land. Life in Hershey follows a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the seasons, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the distant hum of machinery or the wind moving through the cottonwoods.

About This Hershey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hershey, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.158608, -101.002652. 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 Hershey includes the ZIP code (69143), telephone area code (308), county seat of Lincoln County (North Platte), and school district assignment (Hershey 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.