Mars

Ghost town · Antelope County, Nebraska

Orchard NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mars is a ghost town in Antelope County, Nebraska, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is the only former community in Antelope County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mars as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.4297° N, 98.1342° W.

Key facts

Elevation	1,593 ft
Nearest living town	Royal, NE
Distance to it	6.7 miles
Coordinates	42.42972, -98.13417

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What's there now

Mars is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Royal, NE (population 40), about 6.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,593 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

View from the west, just east of the east branch of Verdigre Creek. · Jared Winkler / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby places

Headquarters
ghost town · Wheeler County · 38.2 mi
Rosedale
ghost town · Boyd County · 39 mi
West Randolph
ghost town · Pierce County · 39.2 mi
Wheeler
ghost town · Wheeler County · 39.7 mi
Fairview
ghost town · Madison County · 47.1 mi
Baker
ghost town · Boyd County · 49.2 mi

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.