About Cheney
Set in the southeastern part of Nebraska, Cheney is a small unincorporated community.
Cheney holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.14 square miles.
📰 Cheney News Today
- Donald M Cheney Obituary | Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home | Lincoln, NE Tribute Archive · Aug 5
- Serious crash at south Lincoln intersection overnight KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · May 20
- Lowell Cheney Obituary | Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home | Lincoln, NE Tribute Archive · Aug 5
- University of Nebraska leasing former Cabela's headquarters in Sidney nebraskapublicmedia.org · Mar 30
- ‘Fell through the cracks’: Pillen says lack of order to lower Nebraska flags in honor of Dick Cheney an oversight WOWT · Nov 7
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Cheney Unique
- One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.14 sq mi.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Nebraska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Cheney
📍 Allegrini Terrace📍 Amber Hill Estates📍 Appian Way📍 Artisan Meadows📍 Aspen📍 Barjona Heights📍 Barrington Park📍 Bern-Mar Valley📍 Big Thompson Creek📍 Black Forest Estates📍 Boulder Ridge📍 Boulder Run📍 Breezy Acres📍 Buckingham South📍 Burge📍 Chateau Yankee Hill📍 Cheney Ridge📍 Clarendon Hills📍 Colonial Acres📍 Colonial Hills📍 Cornerstone📍 Country Acres📍 Country Meadows📍 Country Place
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Cheney
- 7 Brew Coffee (café)
- Big Red Restaurant & Sports Bar Lincoln East — american
- FireWorks Restaurant — american
- Honest Abe's Burgers & Freedom — burger
- Kinja — japanese
- Lazlo's Brewery and Grill — american
- Mi Tierra — mexican
- Mulberry BBQ — barbecue
- NEW DAY Coffee + Smoothies — coffee shop (café)
- Scooter's Coffee — coffee shop (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cheney
- Beal Slough Greenway reviews ★
- Colonial Hills Park reviews ★
- Country Acres Park reviews ★
- Country View Park reviews ★
- Cripple Creek Park reviews ★
- Edenton South Park reviews ★
- Grand Terrace Park reviews ★
- Grandale Park reviews ★
- Jensen Park reviews ★
- Jonathan Gapp Park reviews ★
- Phares Park reviews ★
- Phil E Mendoza Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNebraska
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area0.14 sq mi
Coordinates40.7260, -96.5936