Indianola Nebraska Map

About Indianola, Nebraska

Indianola is a locality in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 524. The population density is 162.1 people per km². Indianola is located at 40.2345°N, 100.4174°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Indianola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69034.

Indianola emerges from the expansive, sun-bleached plains of Nebraska as a quiet intersection of earth and sky. It lies 51.8 miles southwest of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 223°T), and is situated 11.2 miles east-northeast of McCook. Coon Creek traces a serpentine path through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle, verdant relief to the surrounding expanse of shortgrass prairie that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Union Ridge. The light here possesses a particular clarity, turning the golden hour into a prolonged meditation on shadow and grain, while the air retains the crisp, dry scent of open country. To the north, the waters of Dry Creek Dam 8-C remain a stillness in the topography, reflecting the vast, shifting clouds that dictate the pace of life in this high-plains geography.

Indianola maintains a steady, deliberate rhythm rooted in the traditions of agricultural labor and the seasonal pulse of the harvest. The proximity of the Bartley Diversion Dam Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for local flora and fauna, grounding the economy in a stewardship of the land that has persisted through generations of homesteading memory. Residents navigate a landscape shaped by the proximity of River Canyon, where the terrain breaks into sharper relief against the horizon. Whether observing the daily transit of heavy machinery or the quiet endurance of the local architecture, one recognizes a place where the primary commerce remains the soil itself, cultivated with a pragmatic resilience that mirrors the long, unyielding lines of the prairie.

About This Indianola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Indianola, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.23445, -100.417368. 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 Indianola includes the ZIP code (69034), telephone area code (308), county seat of Red Willow County (McCook), and school district assignment (Southwest 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.