Lorton Nebraska Map

About Lorton, Nebraska

Lorton is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 35. The population density is 314.3 people per km². Lorton is located at 40.5956°N, 96.0245°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lorton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 68346, 68382.

Lorton emerges from the vast, hushed expanse of the Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky. It lies 36.5 miles east-southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 113°T), and is situated 10.3 miles west-southwest of Nebraska City. The North Fork Little Nemaha River traces a narrow, serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the tangled, resilient brush that thrives in the moisture of the lowlands. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of N F Little Nemaha Reservoir 4-14 catch the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the wide, unobstructed heavens that dictate the rhythm of the day. The horizon here remains the primary fact of life, an infinite line where the prairie grasses lean into the wind, their stems shivering in a silver-green wave that stretches toward the distant, hazy suggestion of King Hill.

Lorton retains the stark, functional character of a landscape defined by the cycle of the harvest and the patient labor of the soil. While the nearby Wilson Creek Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the native flora and fauna, the local economy remains tethered to the productive, dark-earthed plains that have sustained generations of settlers. The influence of pioneer memory persists in the way the light settles over the fallow fields, casting long, melancholy shadows that seem to recall the slow, steady toil of the past. For those who wander further afield, the Arbor Lodge Trail provides a connection to the broader regional heritage, yet the essence of Lorton remains grounded in the immediate, tactile reality of the dirt roads and the persistent, unyielding prairie wind.

About This Lorton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lorton, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.595557, -96.024451. 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 Lorton includes the ZIP code (68346, 68382), telephone area code (402), county seat of Otoe County (Nebraska City), and school district assignment (Johnson County Central 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.