Staplehurst Nebraska Map

About Staplehurst, Nebraska

Staplehurst is a locality in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 236. The population density is 729.0 people per km². Staplehurst is located at 40.9750°N, 97.1725°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Staplehurst is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68439.

Staplehurst claims its space upon the expansive, open plains of Nebraska, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous presence over the flat horizon. It lies 29.0 miles west-northwest of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 295°T), and is situated 6.1 miles northwest of Seward. The landscape is defined by the steady, quiet passage of the Big Blue River, which winds through the terrain with a slow, deliberate grace that shapes the local topography. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Herpolsheimer Reservoir catch the waning light of late afternoon, turning the surface into a mirror of polished lead. The earth here is deep and fertile, a vast expanse of prairie ground that stretches until it seems to dissolve into the very air, demanding a patient, observant eye to appreciate the subtle shifts in color as the seasons cycle through the tallgrass.

Staplehurst carries the quiet weight of pioneer memory, rooted in a history of agriculture that continues to dictate the rhythm of daily life. The regional economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with grain silos and working farms serving as the primary architecture of the local industry. Residents often look toward the wider reaches of the county for recreation, occasionally venturing to Seward Centennial Park, located five miles away, to find a respite among the trees. Despite the solitude of the plains, there is a persistent, industrious pulse to the place; it is a locality where the work of the day is measured by the length of shadows across the fields, and where the silence is less an absence of sound than a foundational quality of the geography itself.

About This Staplehurst Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Staplehurst, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.97501, -97.172538. 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 Staplehurst includes the ZIP code (68439), telephone area code (402), county seat of Seward County (Seward), and school district assignment (Seward 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.