Talmage Nebraska Map

About Talmage, Nebraska

Talmage is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 198. The population density is 466.1 people per km². Talmage is located at 40.5306°N, 96.0217°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Talmage is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68448.

Talmage occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 38.6 miles east-southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 119°T), and is situated 13.2 miles southwest of Nebraska City. The land surrounding Talmage defines itself through the slow, deliberate rise and fall of the earth, a topography shaped by wind and the quiet persistence of the Little Nemaha River, which carves a modest path just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape opens into a vast, uninterrupted theater of sky, where the golden light of late afternoon clings to the tallgrass, turning the plains into a shimmering copper field before the shadows stretch long and thin toward the distant, silhouetted rise of Brickyard Hill.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Talmage, grounding the inhabitants in a cycle of planting and harvest that mirrors the ancient rhythms of the soil. While the modern world moves with a frantic cadence, the economy here remains anchored to the productivity of the earth and the local trade that flows through the intersection of rural thoroughfares. Residents often find respite in the quietude of the nearby Wilson Creek Wildlife Management Area, a sanctuary where the land remains largely untamed, or near the still, reflective surface of Spring Creek Reservoir 2-3. History lingers in the architecture of the older frame buildings, each structure a silent witness to a time when the railroad first brought the promise of expansion to this corner of the state, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that defines the character of those who remain.

About This Talmage Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Talmage, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.530556, -96.021672. 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 Talmage includes the ZIP code (68448), telephone area code (402), county seat of Otoe County (Nebraska City), and school district assignment (Johnson County Central 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.