McLean Nebraska Map

About McLean, Nebraska

McLean is a locality in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 134.1 people per km². McLean is located at 42.3856°N, 97.4687°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McLean is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68747.

McLean occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon defines the limits of the sky and the movement of the wind. It lies 24.8 miles north of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 354°T), and is situated 33.7 miles south of Yankton. Broad fields of corn and soybean stretch toward the edges of the world, punctuated only by the occasional stand of shelterbelt trees and the subtle, rhythmic dip of the land. A mile from the center of McLean, the East Branch North Fork Elkhorn River carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, its current often hidden by tall grasses that bow under the weight of the summer air. When the sun begins to retreat, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting elongated shadows that seem to anchor the earth firmly against the vast, empty heavens.

Agriculture remains the pulse of McLean, a tradition that has dictated the pace of life since the early settlers first broke the stubborn sod of the prairie. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and farmsteads, the landscape offers a rugged, unadorned beauty, particularly at the Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses reclaim the ground in a tangle of bronze and amber. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters occasionally travel thirteen miles to Pierce Lake, though the true character of the locality is found in the daily labor of the fields and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. Life in McLean persists with a quiet gravity, focused on the steady cycles of planting and harvest that have sustained the residents for generations.

About This McLean Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McLean, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.385558, -97.46867. 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 McLean includes the ZIP code (68747), telephone area code (402), county seat of Pierce County (Pierce), and school district assignment (Osmond Community 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.