Brocksburg, Nebraska | |
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Coordinates: 42°54′N99°18′W / 42.9°N 99.3°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
County | Keya Paha |
Brocksburg is a former village in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. [1]
Brocksburg was laid out by Henry Brockman and named for him. [2] A post office was established at Brocksburg in 1899, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. [3]
Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,262. Its county seat is Bassett.
Keya Paha County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 769. Its county seat is Springview.
Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,903. Its county seat is Ainsworth. The county was established in 1883 and named for two members of the legislature who reported the bill for the county's organization.
Boyd County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,810. Its county seat is Butte. The county was formed in 1891 and named after James E. Boyd, the governor of Nebraska at the time.
Burton is a tiny village in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. There are two churches there, and two or three houses. The population was 11 at the 2020 census.
Springview is a village in, and the county seat of, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census.
The Keya Paha River is a river flowing 127 miles (204 km) through the U.S. states of South Dakota and Nebraska.
The Nebraska Outback is the north-central region of the U.S. state of Nebraska. It comprises Boyd, Holt, Rock, Blaine, Brown, Keya Paha and Cherry counties.
Mills is an unincorporated rural hamlet in northeastern Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the village of Springview, the county seat of Keya Paha County. Its elevation is 1,919 feet (585 m). Although Mills has a post office, covering the ZIP code of 68753, Google Maps cartographers didn't bother mapping the hamlet or its vicinity. The ZCTA for the entire ZIP code 68753 had a population of 106 at the 2000 census, some of whom live outside the hamlet itself.
Holt Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota. It is a tributary to the Keya Paha River.
The Lewis Bridge over the Keya Paha River is a historic bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Keya Paha County High School, located on Courthouse Drive off NE 12 in Springview, Nebraska, is an architectural example of county high schools created for the widely distributed children in the region. First constructed in 1915 after a law mandating county high schools in 1913, Keya Paha County High School was built by U.S. Weddell, a local builder. Construction was completed in five months with the school opening on January 26, 1916. in 1929 an addition was added to the building. With the work done by local contractors J. E. Lee and J. H. Mock. In 1965 the school was closed and has since been used by the local historical society, and is now the Keya Paha County Historical Museum.
Ponca Creek is a stream that flows from southern South Dakota and into northern Nebraska. It is 139 miles (224 km) long. Its source is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of U.S. 183, near Colome. It flows into the Missouri River 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Niobrara. Ponca Creek starts out going east, then takes a southeast direction. It flows like that until around Bristow, Nebraska where it turns east again until it flows into the Missouri River. The entire Ponca Creek watershed drains 520,000 acres (2,100 km2). The watershed stretches from central Tripp County to central Gregory County.
Jamison is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. It lies in the northeastern corner of Keya Paha County, just south of the South Dakota state line. Google Maps' cartographic team couldn't be bothered driving to Jamison.
Meadville is an unincorporated hamlet in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. There is a combination store and post office located there, as well as three or four occupied homes.
Riverview is an unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States.
Spotted Tail Creek is a stream in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, in the United States.
Carns is an extinct town in Keya Paha County, in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
The 1916 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Beeman Creek is a 5.52 mi (8.88 km) long second-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
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