Sargent Nebraska Map

About Sargent, Nebraska

Sargent is a locality in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 500. The population density is 177.8 people per km². Sargent is located at 41.6406°N, 99.3712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sargent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68874.

Sargent anchors itself firmly upon the high, open plains where the sky acts as a restless, shifting ceiling above the earth. It lies 62.4 miles north-northeast of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 18°T), and is situated 21.5 miles northeast of Broken Bow. The landscape around Sargent is defined by the steady, unadorned presence of the horizon, broken only by the subtle rise of Divide Hill to the west and the deep, silent cut of Sand Canyon to the south. Life here follows the quiet, persistent pulse of the Middle Loup River, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its waters carving a path through the silt and soil that sustains the surrounding grasslands. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, turning the prairie grass into a sea of muted bronze that seems to hold the day’s warmth long after the sun has slipped below the edge of the world.

History in Sargent is written in the geometry of fence lines and the resilience of the cattle ranches that define the local economy. The town emerged from the pioneer impulse to tame a vast, demanding territory, and today it remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and conversation. While the quietude of the plains is absolute, the proximity of the Myrtle E. Hall Wildlife Management Area ten miles out offers a preserve for the native flora and fauna that once claimed this entire expanse. Residents know the geography by the way the wind behaves against the grain of the land, finding a steady, grounded comfort in the routine of the harvest and the simple, enduring fact of the prairie.

About This Sargent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sargent, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.640562, -99.371216. 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 Sargent includes the ZIP code (68874), telephone area code (308), county seat of Custer County (Broken Bow), and school district assignment (Sargent 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.