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Osceola Nebraska Map

Explore Osceola, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Osceola, Nebraska

How to Use This Osceola, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Osceola, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Osceola.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Osceola
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Polk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.179737
Longitude	-97.54755
Population	875
Density	366.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68651
Area Code	402
County Seat	Osceola
School District	Osceola Public Schools

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About Osceola, Nebraska

Osceola is a locality in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 875. The population density is 366.4 people per km². Osceola is located at 41.1797°N, 97.5476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Osceola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68651.

Osceola rises from the expansive reach of the Nebraska prairie, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day’s scale. It lies 19.6 miles south-southwest of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 208°T), and is situated 21.7 miles north of York. Davis Creek carves a quiet, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle verdant vein that cuts through the surrounding fields of corn and soybean. The light here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, especially as the sun dips low and casts long, violet shadows across the flat expanse, turning the dust of the fields into a fine, golden haze. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Ransom Reservoir holds the sky in its reflective surface, anchoring the rural grid to a singular, quiet point of water. Beyond the immediate fields, the Flatsedge Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native grasses that ripple in the constant wind, reminding any traveler that the earth remains largely unburdened by the frantic pace of the outside world.

Osceola holds its history in the modest, sturdy brickwork of its center, where the county-seat clock tower continues to mark the passage of time for a populace deeply tied to the rhythms of agricultural production. The local economy persists as a reflection of the soil, sustained by the steady labor of those who manage the vast, productive acreage and the grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the clouds. On weekends, residents might venture toward the Stromsburg Trail to traverse the quiet corridors of the countryside, moving through a landscape that feels unchanged by the passing decades. The cultural character of Osceola is defined by this persistent, pragmatic endurance, a quiet pride that manifests in well-tended fences and the deliberate, unforced kindness of neighbors. Life here functions as a sequence of seasonal cycles, where the harvest and the planting dictate the tempo of existence, leaving the quietude of the plains to settle over the streets long after the sun has vanished behind the western edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

War Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 042° NE
Flatsedge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 049° NE
Stage (Theatre) — 5.3 mi, 210° SW
Bruce Cowgill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 339° N
Duncan 1871-1971 Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 011° N
York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 18.6 mi, 169° S
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.3 mi, 153° SE
Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 029° NE
Platte County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 029° NE
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 184° S
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 186° S
Butler County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 077° E
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 023° NE
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 24.7 mi, 181° S
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 144° SE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 215° SW · 324 acres
Branched Oak State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 36.5 mi, 113° SE
Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.2 mi, 123° SE
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 42.5 mi, 327° NW
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 45.1 mi, 118° SE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 46.6 mi, 249° W
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.5 mi, 245° SW
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 48.8 mi, 125° SE
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 48.8 mi, 125° SE
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 48.9 mi, 125° SE
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 64.6 mi, 099° E
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.2 mi, 244° SW · 642 acres

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