Mount Clare, Nebraska

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Mount Clare is an unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. [1]

History

A post office was established at Mount Clare in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1945. [2] The community was named for both its lofty elevation, and for Clare Adams, a railroad official. [3]

Mount Clare was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Clare, Nebraska
  2. ↑ "Nuckolls County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L.; Link, J. T. (1960). Fairclough, G. Thomas (ed.). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 107. ISBN   0-8032-5060-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
  4. ↑ Sedgwick, Theron E. (1921). York County, Nebraska and Its People: Together with a Condensed History of the State. S.J. Clarke. p.  131.

40°10′58″N98°13′05″W / 40.18278°N 98.21806°W / 40.18278; -98.21806


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