Westerville, Nebraska

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Westerville, Nebraska
Census-designated place
Westerville, Nebraska post office and IOOF.jpg
I.O.O.F. Hall and post office in Westerville
Country United States
State Nebraska
County Custer
Area
[1]
 • Total0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
 • Land0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
2,326 ft (709 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total31
 • Density236.64/sq mi (91.22/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68881 [3]
Area code 308
FIPS code 31-52330
GNIS ID 2583905 [2]

Westerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 183 and Nebraska Highway 70. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 39. [4]

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 31—
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

History

Westerville was named for James Westervelt, a local storekeeper on whose land the townsite was platted August 11, 1880. [6] The Westerville post office was established in 1882. [7] County fairs were held in Westerville in 1883 and 1884. [8]

According to History Nebraska, Westerville was the first town in Custer County. It was home to the first frame church in the county; the first newspaper, The Custer Leader, and the first doctor, lawyer, banker, school teachers, monument cutter, and general stores in the county. Along with the post office, the town was home to sod houses, a hotel, blacksmith shop, livery barn, and flour mill. The Custer County County Agricultural Society was in Westerville, and the first two county fairs were held in town in 1881 and 1882. When a railroad was built farther south of Westerville in 1886, the town gradually declined. It became unincorporated in the 1960s. [9]

Westerville was the nearest town to John W. Speese (1866-1914), an African American farmer who homesteaded there in 1881. After 18 years of running his place, Speese wrote an account of farm life for the Omaha World-Herald about life on his 238 acre farm, which included a timber lot, alfalfa, cattle and more. At that time, he reported he was out of debt and was reasonably successful. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westerville, Nebraska
  3. ↑ "Westerville NE ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Westerville CDP, Nebraska". U.S. Census Bureau, American actfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 48. ISBN   0803250606. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
  7. ↑ "Custer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ Burr, George L. (1921). History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 105.
  9. ↑ "Westerville 1880-1980", History Nebraska. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Hornsby, Alton (2011) Black America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 484.


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