Stockville Nebraska Map

About Stockville, Nebraska

Stockville is a locality in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 25. The population density is 36.8 people per km². Stockville is located at 40.5328°N, 100.3835°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stockville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 69039, 69042.

Stockville emerges from the tawny expanse of the Nebraska prairie as a quiet settlement defined by the persistent, winding presence of Spring Creek. It lies 37.8 miles west-southwest of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 243°T), and is situated 26.2 miles north-northeast of McCook. The landscape here is one of immense, unyielding sky, where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life, stretching thin and wide above the shortgrass plains. Only four miles to the west, the earth drops away into the rugged, shadowed depths of Saunders Canyon, a stark interruption in the otherwise level topography. When the late afternoon light hits the tallgrass, the fields take on a burnished, metallic glow, casting long, lean shadows that seem to anchor the soil against the vast, open pressure of the atmosphere. Eight miles distant, the waters of Harry Strunk Lake offer a rare, still mirror to the clouds, providing a necessary reprieve in a region where moisture is measured in the health of the crops and the depth of the local wells.

Stockville maintains a character forged by the steady, cyclical demands of cattle ranching and the seasonal rhythm of harvest, echoing the pioneer memory that first broke this ground. The economy remains rooted in the land, a persistent effort to coax a living from the stubborn, fertile soil that has supported generations of families. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world, favoring instead the quiet accountability of neighbors and the maintenance of local traditions. Though the years have seen the slow transition of tools and methods, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the fundamental realities of the plains, where the endurance of the land itself is the most significant landmark. The Harry Strunk Lake serves as the primary point of local recreation, a place where the stillness of the water provides a contemplative bookend to the long, industrious days of the agricultural season.

About This Stockville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stockville, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.532785, -100.383476. 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 Stockville includes the ZIP code (69039, 69042), telephone area code (308), county seat of Frontier County (Stockville), and school district assignment (Maywood 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.