Liberty Nebraska Map

About Liberty, Nebraska

Liberty is a locality in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 51. The population density is 62.4 people per km². Liberty is located at 40.0847°N, 96.4828°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68381.

Liberty, Nebraska, opens onto a landscape shaped by the steady hand of agriculture, where the land rolls out in broad, sweeping gestures under an immense prairie sky. It lies 50.4 miles south of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 169°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-south-east of Wymore. The horizon is a clean, unwavering line, broken only by the distant silhouettes of grain bins and the occasional solitary tree standing sentinel against the vastness. Here, the soil is a deep, fertile brown, the color of rich coffee, and the air carries the clean, dry scent of wheat and corn stalks, especially potent in the late summer heat. The roads, mostly gravel, ribbon through fields that shift from the vibrant green of young crops to the sun-bleached gold of maturity, a testament to the enduring partnership between the people and the earth. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, falls in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air and lending a quiet, almost sacred glow to the working landscape. The story of Liberty is etched into the very grain of the land, a narrative of pioneers who saw potential in these wide-open spaces. Its economy, like that of many Gage County settlements, remains rooted in the bounty of the soil, with farming and related industries forming the backbone of its livelihood. You can feel the history in the weathered clapboard of the older buildings, in the quiet dignity of the town square where life unfolds at a measured pace. It’s a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates much of the day, and where community bonds are forged through shared labor and shared harvests. While not a hub of bustling commerce, Liberty offers a profound sense of place, a quiet resilience that speaks of generations who have called this prairie home, their lives intertwined with the cycles of growth and sustenance.

About This Liberty Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Liberty, Nebraska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.084723, -96.482796. 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 Liberty and Gage County.

Detailed location data for Liberty includes the ZIP code (68381), telephone area code (402), county seat of Gage County (Beatrice), and school district assignment (Lewiston Consolidated Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Liberty is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.