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 341. The population density is 219.4 people per km². Orleans is located at 40.1292°N, 99.4554°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68966.

Orleans commands a wide, level horizon where the sky exerts a heavy, blue pressure upon the prairie grasses. It lies 44.0 miles south-southwest of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 207°T), and is situated 22.0 miles south-southwest of Holdrege. Flag Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the soil here, its banks often fringed with the muted browns of dormant vegetation, providing a quiet corridor for the local wildlife. To the north, the terrain rises into subtle, wind-swept undulations that hint at the distance to Union Ridge, a faint, jagged line on the far edge of the world. The light in Orleans possesses a clarity that makes the shadows of grain elevators and silos appear unnaturally sharp, as if the sun has scrubbed the air of all artifice.

Orleans emerged from the expansion of the rail era, drawing its vitality from the deep, dark loam that supports a steady rhythm of harvest and planting. The economy remains anchored to the earth, defined by the seasonal cycles of corn and wheat that ripple across the plains in emerald or amber waves. Residents find common ground at the Harlan County Recreation Area, where the land opens up to offer a reprieve from the relentless geometry of the crop rows. While Coyote Canyon lies miles away, its presence is felt in the way the wind funnels across the open expanse, carrying the scent of dry dust and distant rain. Life in Orleans moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that understands its own scale against the vast, indifferent prairie.

About This Orleans Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orleans, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.129177, -99.45538. 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 Orleans includes the ZIP code (68966), telephone area code (308), county seat of Harlan County (Alma), and school district assignment (Southern Valley 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.