Palmyra Nebraska Map

About Palmyra, Nebraska

Palmyra is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 534. The population density is 606.4 people per km². Palmyra is located at 40.7044°N, 96.3875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palmyra is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68418.

Palmyra emerges from the broad, sun-drenched expanse of the Nebraska prairie as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the Little Nemaha River carves a subtle, winding path through the surrounding fields. It lies 16.0 miles east-southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 114°T), and is situated 16.5 miles south-southeast of Waverly. The land here remains defined by the vast, open horizon, a flat-to-rolling terrain that captures the shifting colors of the day, from the pale, dusty gold of a summer morning to the bruised, violet shadows that stretch long across the stubble at dusk. Only six miles away, the quiet waters of Mueller Reservoir offer a stillness that mirrors the expansive, cloud-swept heavens, while the nearby Triple Creek Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the native grasses and wildlife that once defined this entire region.

Palmyra holds the enduring character of a settlement built upon the rhythms of agriculture, where the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. Grain elevators rise like monoliths against the clouds, serving as a reminder of the local economy that has long anchored the persistence of the people who make Palmyra their home. History here is felt in the steady, unadorned work of the present, a place where the stillness of the plains is interrupted only by the rustle of wind through the stalks and the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery. It is a landscape that demands little but offers a profound, quiet clarity to those who watch the light fade over the fields at the edge of the day.

About This Palmyra Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palmyra, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.704445, -96.387511. 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 Palmyra includes the ZIP code (68418), telephone area code (402), county seat of Otoe County (Nebraska City), and school district assignment (Palmyra District OR-1).

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.