Martell Nebraska Map

About Martell, Nebraska

Martell is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 125. The population density is 252.7 people per km². Martell is located at 40.6375°N, 96.7586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68404.

Martell sits amidst a vast expanse of tallgrass prairie where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life, stretching out in an unbroken line that defines the limits of the sky. It lies 12.2 miles south-southwest of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 203°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of Hickman. The landscape around Martell is shaped by the subtle shifts of an ancient, sediment-rich terrain, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and drying stalks. To the immediate west, the slow, meandering path of Salt Creek carves a shallow channel through the soil, while the nearby Salt Creek Reservoir 17-A catches the pale, amber light of late afternoon, turning the water into a sheet of polished glass. Visitors seeking the quiet solitude of the plains often find their way toward the Bluestem Recreation Area, where the grasses sway in rhythmic waves, mirroring the restless, shifting temperament of the wind.

The economic pulse of Martell remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest and the steady, quiet labor of the surrounding agricultural fields. Established by those who saw potential in the deep, dark loam of the plains, the locality retains a character forged by the persistent, measured pace of rural life. While the Hickman Trail remains a distant six miles away, the local connection to the land is immediate and profound, grounding the people in a history of pioneer endurance that echoes through the silence of the fields. Daily life here is defined not by the clamor of industry, but by the watchful gaze of the sun as it tracks across the open sky, illuminating the golden hues of the prairie and the enduring spirit of a place that finds its beauty in the simple, unadorned truth of the soil.

About This Martell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martell, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.637502, -96.758632. 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 Martell includes the ZIP code (68404), telephone area code (402), county seat of Lancaster County (Lincoln), and school district assignment (Crete 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.