Orleans Nebraska Map

About Orleans, Nebraska

Orleans is a locality in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 215.6 people per km². Orleans is located at 40.1292°N, 99.4554°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68966.

Orleans lies where the prairie breathes, a quiet collection of structures under a sky that stretches to forever. It lies 44.0 miles south-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 207°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-north-west of Alma. The land here is a gentle swell of tawny grasses, broken by the occasional stoic cottonwood, its leaves a whispered conversation with the wind. Dust, fine as powdered gold, settles on everything, a constant reminder of the dry, open country that defines this place. The air, especially in the long afternoons, carries a faint scent of sun-baked earth and distant, ripening corn. The story of Orleans is written in the furrows of the surrounding fields, a testament to generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile, yet demanding, ground. Its economy has always been tied to the land, to the golden harvests of wheat and corn that have sustained it through lean and bountiful years. Local businesses, small and resilient, form the heart of the community, their doors opening onto streets where the pace of life is measured by the slow arc of the sun. Orleans remembers the whispers of the railroad that once promised wider horizons, a phantom echo in the quiet hum of the present.

About This Orleans Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orleans, Nebraska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.129177, -99.45538. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Orleans and Harlan County.

Detailed location data for Orleans includes the ZIP code (68966), telephone area code (308), county seat of Harlan County (Alma), and school district assignment (Southern Valley Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Orleans is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.