Orleans Nebraska Map
Orleans, Nebraska — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Orleans, Harlan County.
Interactive Map of Orleans, Nebraska
| City | Orleans |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Harlan |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.129177 |
| Longitude | -99.45538 |
| Population | 337 |
| Density | 215.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
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.
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About This Orleans Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Orleans, Nebraska with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Orleans is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Orleans is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
