Shickley Nebraska Map

About Shickley, Nebraska

Shickley is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 437.8 people per km². Shickley is located at 40.4167°N, 97.7225°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shickley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68436.

Shickley occupies a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains where the sky exerts a singular, heavy influence over the horizon. It lies 36.9 miles east-southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 108°T), and is situated 10.1 miles southwest of Geneva. Dry Sandy Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the surrounding fields, marking the landscape with a subtle depression that catches the early morning mist before the sun burns it away. Only two miles distant, the Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, its wetlands offering a stark, wild contrast to the orderly grid of agriculture that defines the region. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of turned earth and ripening corn, a clarity that makes the distant, shimmering surface of Yost Reservoir seem like a mirage during the heat of midsummer afternoons.

Shickley grew from the iron-willed expansion of the railroad, which once served as the primary artery for the grain that fueled the local economy. Today, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, where the collective labor of the harvest season dictates the pulse of the streets. The architecture of the grain elevators serves as a permanent, towering monument to this agrarian identity, casting long, geometric shadows over the pavement as the light turns amber at dusk. People here carry a quiet, pragmatic resilience, moving through a landscape that demands consistency and patience, finding a modest beauty in the endless, golden rows of crops that stretch toward the edges of the world.

About This Shickley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shickley, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.416674, -97.722545. 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 Shickley includes the ZIP code (68436), telephone area code (402), county seat of Fillmore County (Geneva), and school district assignment (Shickley 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.