Monroe Nebraska Map

About Monroe, Nebraska

Monroe is a locality in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 586.1 people per km². Monroe is located at 41.4742°N, 97.5995°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Monroe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68647.

Monroe occupies a sliver of the vast, hushed expanse where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, stretching wide and pale above the flat, fertile plains. It lies 12.4 miles west-northwest of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 284°T), and is situated 28.0 miles west of Schuyler. The landscape surrounding Monroe is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Loup River, which meanders through the fields just a mile away, its slow current carving a soft, rhythmic boundary through the silt and soil. Vegetation here leans toward the resilient, with patches of native grasses bowing to the persistent Nebraska winds that dictate the movement of the clouds. At the edge of the immediate environment, the Lee Rupp Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet sanctuary where the local flora and fauna persist in a state of watchful stillness, undisturbed by the distant, mechanical hum of regional transit.

Monroe remains anchored to the patterns of the agrarian calendar, an economy built upon the steady yields of corn and soy that define the ambition of the local fields. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and the weathered siding of structures that have seen decades of harvest cycles pass without fanfare. Life in Monroe moves in accordance with the light, which turns a sharp, metallic gold during the late afternoon, illuminating the dust kicked up by machinery as it works the perimeter. While the Goedeken Reservoir lies a short nine miles away, the daily pulse of the inhabitants is tethered more closely to the soil beneath their boots and the immense, unblinking horizon that marks the limit of their world.

About This Monroe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monroe, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.474179, -97.599493. 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 Monroe includes the ZIP code (68647), telephone area code (402), county seat of Platte County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Twin River 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.