ZIP Code 68849

68849 is one of Nebraska's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Kearney, Buffalo County.

City: Kearney
County: Buffalo County
State: Nebraska
Prefix: 688xx

Where this code sits

68849 is part of the 688xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Kearney is served by 4 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Kearney page.

Kearney Nebraska ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 68849 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

308 Area code 308

ZIP codes nearest 68849

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 68849.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 68870	4.6 mi	Riverdale, NE
ZIP code 68845	7.4 mi	Kearney, NE
ZIP code 68847	9.4 mi	Kearney, NE
ZIP code 68866	9.6 mi	Pleasanton, NE
ZIP code 68812	9.8 mi	Amherst, NE
ZIP code 68848	11 mi	Kearney, NE
ZIP code 68840	14 mi	Gibbon, NE
ZIP code 68861	14 mi	Odessa, NE

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 68849, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 68849. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.