Lake Waconda Nebraska Map

About Lake Waconda, Nebraska

Lake Waconda is a locality in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 74.0 people per km². Lake Waconda is located at 40.8430°N, 95.8530°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68455.

Lake Waconda maintains a stillness that defines the surrounding Nebraska prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 20.4 miles south of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 174°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-southeast of Beaver Lake. The water sits heavy and flat, reflecting the pale, expansive light of a sun that seems to linger longer here than anywhere else. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into subtle, grass-covered swells that hide the distant silhouette of King Hill. A mile to the east, the quiet movement of Ervine Creek cuts through the soil, carving a path toward the horizon that serves as the primary orientation for all who live nearby. The air here holds a clean, dry weight, smelling faintly of turned earth and the tallgrass that shivers in the constant, restless breeze of the plains.

History at Lake Waconda is measured in the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the loud markers of industry, rooted in a landscape that has long favored the patient labor of those who work the soil. The nearby Auldon Bar Wildlife Management Area preserves a portion of the original prairie, offering a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through the basin each year. Life functions at the pace of the agricultural calendar, where the local economy turns on the yields of surrounding fields and the quiet commerce of the county. Despite the solitude, the region possesses a distinct sense of permanence, defined by the way the evening shadows stretch across the fields of Dutch Hollow and the unwavering, silent presence of the water under the vast, unblinking dome of the sky.

About This Lake Waconda Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Waconda, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.843, -95.853. 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 Lake Waconda includes the ZIP code (68455), telephone area code (402), county seat of Cass County (Plattsmouth), and school district assignment (Conestoga 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.