Ravenna Nebraska Map

About Ravenna, Nebraska

Ravenna is a locality in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,441. The population density is 335.0 people per km². Ravenna is located at 41.0261°N, 98.9126°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ravenna is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68869.

Ravenna occupies a steady, low-slung stretch of the Nebraska plains where the horizon functions as the primary fact of life, marking the divide between the wide, pale sky and the persistent reach of the prairie. It lies 24.2 miles north-northeast of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 21°T), and is situated 30.6 miles west-northwest of Grand Island. Mud Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its channel acting as a quiet artery that feeds the surrounding fields and provides a dark, verdant contrast to the golden grasses of the high summer. To the southwest, the subtle depression of Antelope Valley offers a slight variation in the topography, while the quiet surface of Buffalo County Lake sits just a short distance away, reflecting the shifting violet and slate hues of the dusk. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of earth and turning stalks, a stillness that seems to amplify the long, lingering shadows cast by the silos and the slow, rhythmic sweep of the wind across the open expanse.

Ravenna maintains a character forged by the agricultural rhythms of the region, where the economy remains bound to the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, industrious labor of the plains. History here is quiet but enduring, visible in the solid brickwork of the central streets and the way the town organizes itself around the tracks, echoing a time when the iron horse defined the prosperity of every small station on the line. While the residents often look toward the broader horizon, the community finds its own internal balance, far removed from the busier corridors, yet connected to the wider state through a deep-seated pride in the local school and the shared efforts of those who work the land. Life in Ravenna moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, a reflection of the sprawling, quiet country that stretches out toward the distant, hazy rise of Pool Hill, remaining a place where the passage of time is measured more by the growth of the crops than the frantic ticking of a clock.

About This Ravenna Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ravenna, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.026123, -98.912583. 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 Ravenna includes the ZIP code (68869), telephone area code (308), county seat of Buffalo County (Kearney), and school district assignment (Ravenna Public 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.