Martell, Nebraska | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nebraska##Location in the United States |
Pushpin Label: | Martell |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.49 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.49 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 125 |
Population Density Km2: | 253.34 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1352 |
Coordinates: | 40.6389°N -96.7589°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 68404 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 31-30835 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806914 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 654.45 |
Martell (also Martel) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads southwest of the city of Lincoln, the county seat of Lancaster County and Nebraska's state capital.[2] Although Martell is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 68404.[3]
Martell was named after Charles Martel, the 8th-century Duke of the Franks.[4] The community's name was also spelled Martel until the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Martell" in 1896.[5]