Union Nebraska Map

About Union, Nebraska

Union is a locality in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 195. The population density is 362.0 people per km². Union is located at 40.8133°N, 95.9228°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68455.

Union emerges from the broad, open expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the land yields to the steady, unadorned pull of the horizon. It lies 22.4 miles south of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 184°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southwest of Beaver Lake. Weeping Water Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, its waters shaping the low-lying earth as it flows past the outskirts of the settlement. To the west, the silhouettes of distant, nameless ridges soften in the evening light, while the soil remains deep and dark, a testament to the heavy grasses that once held this ground. The air here carries the scent of dry stalks and turned earth, a crisp clarity that renders the light at dusk a startling, pale gold against the vast, unbroken sky.

Economic life in Union remains tied to the cycles of the seasons and the slow, deliberate work of the regional agricultural landscape. While the quietude of the plains dominates, the proximity of the Auldon Bar Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the native grasses and seasonal migrations that define the local ecology. The history of the region is whispered in the rustle of cornfields and the stillness of the nearby landscape, where residents maintain a rhythm dictated by the sun and the soil. Whether traveling toward the paths of the Arbor Lodge Trail or observing the distant rise of King Hill, the people of Union exist in a space that prioritizes the endurance of the land over the frantic pace of the outside world.

About This Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.813335, -95.922784. 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 Union includes the ZIP code (68455), telephone area code (402), county seat of Cass County (Plattsmouth), and school district assignment (Nebraska City 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.