Litchfield Nebraska Map

About Litchfield, Nebraska

Litchfield is a locality in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 220. The population density is 279.4 people per km². Litchfield is located at 41.1575°N, 99.1556°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Litchfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68852.

Litchfield emerges from the expansive plains of Nebraska as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by the immense, unrelenting weight of the sky. It lies 31.9 miles north of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 353°T), and is situated 30.3 miles southeast of Broken Bow. The horizon serves as the primary fact of life here, a clean line that separates the bruised purples of evening clouds from the darkening grasses. Only a mile away, the slow, persistent movement of Mud Creek carves a thin ribbon through the terrain, its banks offering a subtle change in the texture of the soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the subtle swells of the landscape hint at the proximity of the Black Hill Basin, where the land gathers itself into deeper, more thoughtful shadows as the sun retreats.

Litchfield persists as a testament to the endurance of those who first broke this sod, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the cycles of seed and harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the vitality of the surrounding fields, where the golden persistence of grain and the sturdy presence of cattle define the working day. Residents often look toward the wider region for recreation, traveling to Bowman Lake State Recreation Area or the quiet, still waters of Unick Reservoir when the work of the season allows for a rare pause. In the stillness of a Nebraska dusk, the collective memory of the prairie feels tangible, lingering in the cooling air and the patient, steady pulse of a place that measures time not by clocks, but by the lengthening of the shadows across the stubble.

About This Litchfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Litchfield, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.157509, -99.155648. 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 Litchfield includes the ZIP code (68852), telephone area code (308), county seat of Sherman County (Loup City), and school district assignment (Litchfield 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.