Assumption, Nebraska

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Assumption, Nebraska
Unincorporated community
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Assumption, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°30′36″N98°34′20″W / 40.51000°N 98.57222°W / 40.51000; -98.57222
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska
County Adams
Township Roseland
Settledc. 1873
Named after Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Elevation
1,975 ft (602 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68973
Area code 402
GNIS feature ID827098 [1]

Assumption is an unincorporated community in Roseland Township, Adams County, Nebraska, United States. [1]

History

A colony of German Catholics settled near Assumption circa 1873. [2] The name Assumption is derived from the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, established in the 1880s. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Assumption, Nebraska". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Burton, William R. & Lewis, David J. (1916). Past and Present of Adams County, Nebraska, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 264.
  3. ↑ "Assumption". Adams County Nebraska Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.


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