Melia Nebraska Map

About Melia, Nebraska

Melia is a locality in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 26.3 people per km². Melia is located at 41.0961°N, 96.2756°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68028.

Melia occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon acts as the primary fact of existence, dictating the scale of everything beneath the vast, vaulted sky. It lies 8.9 miles southwest of Chalco, NE (from Chalco, NE: bearing 227°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-southwest of Gretna. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the grasses that ripple in a constant, low-frequency hum of wind. Buffalo Creek winds through the terrain just one mile away, its banks marked by the persistent, rhythmic growth of wild brush and mud-slicked edges. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape opens into a wide, undulating plain that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing hours, though the faint silhouette of Bodleys Hill remains a distant anchor for the eye on the furthest edge of the north. Melia maintains an atmosphere of solitude, defined by the stillness of the air and the way the light turns a bruised, electric violet during the final minutes of dusk.

Economic life in Melia remains tethered to the patient cycles of the land, drawing its vitality from the surrounding agricultural grid that has sustained families for generations. Residents often look toward The Fields At Gretna for recreation, finding a necessary counterpoint to the quiet labor of the plains, while the Schramm Park National Recreation Trail sits only five miles out, offering a path for those who seek the deeper, wooded silence of the river valley. The proximity of Big Sandy Lake, resting three miles from the center of activity, provides a rare, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting clouds and the changing colors of the seasons. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled place, where the history of the soil is held in the memories of those who watch the crops rise and fall, honoring a legacy of endurance that persists in the quiet, steady rhythm of the daily commute and the evening quietude.

About This Melia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Melia, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.09611, -96.275573. 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 Melia includes the ZIP code (68028), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Sarpy County (Papillion), and school district assignment (Gretna 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.