Carlisle, Nebraska

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Carlisle, Nebraska
Unincorporated Community
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Carlisle, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°24′N97°48′W / 40.4°N 97.8°W / 40.4; -97.8
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County Fillmore
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Carlisle is an unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. [1]

History

Carlisle was originally called Walters, and under the latter name was platted in 1901. [2] It was later renamed Carlisle in honor of John G. Carlisle, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Grover Cleveland administration. [3] [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlisle, Nebraska
  2. 1 2 History of the origin of the place names in nine Northwestern states. 1908. p. 51.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 59. ISBN   0803250606.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.

40°21′02″N97°45′54″W / 40.35056°N 97.76500°W / 40.35056; -97.76500


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