St. Libory Nebraska Map

About St. Libory, Nebraska

St. Libory is a locality in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 241. The population density is 280.3 people per km². St. Libory is located at 41.0820°N, 98.3553°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68872.

St. Libory rises from the flat, immense expanse of the plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 10.9 miles north of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 356°T), and is situated 18.6 miles west of Central City. The land is defined by the subtle, persistent push of the wind against the tallgrass and the quiet, low-slung silhouette of Mumpumpey Hill, which breaks the monotony of the fields five miles to the west. Near the outskirts, the landscape softens toward the damp, reed-lined margins of Prairie Slough, a waterway that marks the rhythm of the seasonal rains. At dusk, the light here stretches thin and amber across the stalks, turning the soil into a dark, heavy velvet that seems to hold the heat of the sun long after the sky has cooled to a pale, bruised violet.

St. Libory maintains a quiet fidelity to the agricultural cycles that first brought settlers to this patch of Nebraska, anchoring its economy in the steady work of the harvest and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. The history of the place is written in the grain elevators and the modest, sturdy dwellings that have withstood the wide-open weather for generations, long before the recreational paths like the Grand Island - State Street Trail were mapped out ten miles to the south. Life here follows the slow, deliberate pace of the soil, punctuated by the occasional excursion to the Eagle Scout Recreation Area eight miles away or the quiet, still waters of Pier Lake, which sits eleven miles distant. There is a singular, unadorned beauty in the way the local life organizes itself around these landmarks, a stoic persistence that finds its strength in the very openness of the prairie.

About This St. Libory Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Libory, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.081957, -98.355342. 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 St. Libory includes the ZIP code (68872), telephone area code (308), county seat of Howard County (St. Paul), and school district assignment (Northwest 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.