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Village · Nemaha County · Population 114 (2020 census) · ZIP 68414 · Founded 1854 · Peak population 400 (1900)

About Nemaha

Nemaha is a village of 114 in southeastern Nemaha County, on NE 67 about 4 miles south-southwest of Brownville and 8 miles northwest of Indian Cave State Park. Cooper Nuclear Station is between Nemaha and Brownville.

History

Settlers came to the site in 1854. A. L. Coate surveyed the town site and built the first cabin, and Dr. Jerome Hoover bought the claim that October, recorded the town and in 1857 became its first mayor. The legislature incorporated Nemaha City in 1855–56, and the post office opened on July 1, 1856. St. John's Episcopal Church was consecrated in 1866, and newspapers came and went from 1858. The Burlington reached the town in December 1879, and in 1881 it shipped 259 carloads of corn and 116 of hogs.

When the railroad chose Nemaha, the river town of Aspinwall to the southeast faded, and some of its buildings were moved here. Nemaha City became a village under state law in 1880. It counted 400 people in 1900. Lunsford E. Oliver, who commanded the 5th Armored Division in World War II, was from Nemaha.

Highways and trails through Nemaha

Route	One way	Other way
NE 67Past the village	North to US 136 and Brownville (about 4 mi)	South toward Shubert and the Indian Cave State Park spur (S-64E)

Nearby towns

Aspinwall	about 3.6 mi southeast	County roads
Brownville	about 4.1 mi north-northeast	NE 67
Shubert	about 7 mi south	NE 67
St. Deroin	about 8 mi southeast	NE 67 and S-64E
Stella	about 9 mi southwest	County roads
Howe	about 8 mi west	County roads
Auburn	about 10 mi west-northwest	NE 67 and US 136
Peru	about 10 mi north-northwest	NE 67

Things to see

Nemaha Cemetery, about 1.25 mi northeast off NE 67 · Aspinwall Bend WMA on the Missouri · the Aspinwall town site, about 3.5 mi southeast · Indian Cave State Park and the restored St. Deroin school, about 8 mi southeast · Brownville and its museums, about 4 mi north-northeast

Schools and health care

Schools: Most of the village is in Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools; a few blocks are in Auburn Public Schools

Health care: No clinic in Nemaha; Nemaha County Hospital, 2022 13th St., Auburn, 402-274-4366 (critical access hospital, 24-hour emergency room)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nemaha County Beauty-Bounty (1967); History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nemaha NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; city, village, school, library and museum websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.