St. Paul Nebraska Map

About St. Paul, Nebraska

St. Paul is a locality in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,416. The population density is 752.3 people per km². St. Paul is located at 41.2147°N, 98.4581°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. St. Paul is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68873.

St. Paul rises from the expansive Nebraska plains where the horizon functions as the primary fact of life, flattening the world into a vast, open theater for the sky. It lies 20.9 miles north-northwest of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 343°T), and is situated 33.7 miles northwest of Aurora. The Middle Loup River flows just a mile away, carving a modest, persistent path through the soil that sustains the surrounding grasslands. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land shifts toward the gentle elevation of Mumpumpey Hill, while the quiet waters of Jensen Reservoir sit five miles distant, offering a brief stillness in the otherwise endless stretch of prairie. Light here possesses a peculiar, crystalline quality at dusk, turning the tallgrass amber and casting shadows that seem to stretch for miles across the level fields.

St. Paul maintains a steady, deliberate pulse rooted in the agricultural cycles of the region, where the labor of the harvest dictates the tempo of the calendar. The architecture of the downtown district centers on the enduring presence of the county-seat clock tower, a structure that anchors the local identity and serves as a silent witness to the generations of farmers who have shaped the economy. Residents often look toward the North Loup State Recreation Area for respite, or perhaps travel the length of the Dannebrog Trails to connect with the landscape that defines their heritage. Life in St. Paul remains tethered to the quiet, hardworking traditions of the plains, where the distance between neighbors is measured in mutual reliability and a shared understanding of the wind-swept, interior geography.

About This St. Paul Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Paul, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.214735, -98.458125. 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. Paul includes the ZIP code (68873), telephone area code (308), county seat of Howard County (St. Paul), and school district assignment (St. Paul 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.