Brainard Map
Brainard is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 351 at the 2000 census.
Brainard is located at 41°11?1?N 97°0?10?W / 41.18361°N 97.00278°W / 41.18361; -97.00278 (41.183725, -97.002832).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), all of it land.
Nearby cities include Valparaiso, Ulysses, Prague, Weston, Rising City.