Explore Martinsburg, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Martinsburg, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Martinsburg.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Martinsburg |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Dixon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.508331 |
| Longitude | -96.830873 |
| Population | 78 |
| Density | 289.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68770 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Ponca |
| School District | Allen Consolidated Schools |
Martinsburg sits quietly upon the expansive, open plains where the horizon exerts a steady, gravitational pull on the spirit. It lies 21.4 miles west of South Sioux City, NE (from South Sioux City, NE: bearing 277°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south-southeast of Vermillion. South Creek draws a thin, reflective line through the landscape, its modest current carving a path through the earth that has long provided a reliable rhythm to the surrounding fields. To the north, the silhouette of Cottonwood Hill rises three miles away, a solitary marker against the wide, pale sky. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, catching the dry blades of grass and turning the entire expanse into a muted, golden study of space and silence. Nearby, the still surface of Dohma Reservoir mirrors the gathering clouds, offering a cool, reflective stillness only two miles from the center of Martinsburg.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the work of the seasons defining the life of the people who tend these quiet acres. History lingers in the way the fences run straight and true, echoing the persistent, diligent efforts of those who first settled this territory to break the prairie sod. While the bustle of larger places feels distant, the proximity of Ponca State Park provides a connection to the deeper, wilder timber of the region, reachable by those who wish to traverse the Ponca State Park Trails. Life proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the six-mile distance to the quietude of Tar Box Hollow and the constant, subtle shifts in the wind that moves across the open ground.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martinsburg, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.508331, -96.830873. 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 Martinsburg includes the ZIP code (68770), telephone area code (402), county seat of Dixon County (Ponca), and school district assignment (Allen Consolidated Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |