Ithaca Nebraska Map

About Ithaca, Nebraska

Ithaca is a locality in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 265.1 people per km². Ithaca is located at 41.1628°N, 96.5397°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ithaca is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68033.

Ithaca emerges from the flat, expansive plains of Nebraska as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent, unhurried presence of Wahoo Creek. It lies 18.8 miles south of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 187°T), and is situated 5.4 miles southeast of Wahoo. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a vast and unobstructed line where the pale blue sky meets the geometric precision of cultivated fields. To the west, the subtle rise of Bodleys Hill interrupts the otherwise relentless level of the earth, providing a singular point of verticality in a landscape that favors the horizontal. Sunlight at dusk catches the tallgrass along the banks of Wahoo Creek, turning the vegetation into a shimmering, amber-hued ribbon that cuts through the dark, fertile soil. Only a mile away, the surface of Bissells Lake holds the reflection of the passing clouds, offering a brief stillness in a region otherwise shaped by the movement of wind across open acreage.

Ithaca carries the weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the agricultural cycle, its identity tethered to the rhythm of planting and harvest. The economy remains rooted in the deep productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the labor of generations has organized the land into a grid of sustenance and industry. Life in Ithaca moves with the deliberate pace of those who understand that prosperity is measured by the quality of the topsoil and the timing of the seasonal rains. While the modern world presses in from the distance, the residents maintain a connection to the stillness found five miles away at Smith Park, a place that preserves a fragment of the quietude that once defined the entire territory. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the grain elevators and the steady, predictable passage of the seasons across the plains.

About This Ithaca Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ithaca, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.162779, -96.539742. 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 Ithaca includes the ZIP code (68033), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Saunders County (Wahoo), and school district assignment (Wahoo 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.