About Almeria
Almeria is an unincorporated community in Loup County, Nebraska, on Nebraska Highway 91 in the valley of the North Loup River. It stands at about 2,330 feet above sea level, roughly eight miles from Taylor, the county seat, with Sargent some fourteen miles off over the line in Custer County.
How Almeria got its name
The place is named for Almeria Strohl, wife of its founder, Wess Strohl. The Almeria post office opened in 1884 and served the ranches and hay meadows along the river for a hundred years before closing in 1984. Mail for the area comes through a neighbouring office now.
The country around it
This is North Loup valley ranch country — wet meadow and hay ground along the river, Sandhills rising away from it. Loup County is among the least populated counties in Nebraska, and Almeria is one of a handful of named places in it. Burwell, Brewster and Anselmo are the next towns out.
Visiting
Almeria is listed among the Highway 91 communities on Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt route. The telephone area code here is 308.
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Almeria was settled by Wess Strohl, who named the site for his wife Almeria Strohl (unrelated to the Spanish city of the same name); the unplatted settlement already had its own general store by the early 1880s. When Loup County organized in 1883, Almeria mounted a serious challenge for county seat, losing to Taylor by just two votes. Almeria had its own post office from 1884 until it closed in 1984; its local school closed in 1972.
Almeria is an unincorporated community, never having its own municipal government, and has no official Census population figure. A handful of year-round residents remain — local estimates put the number at roughly 9 to 13 people — though its general store and post office have both closed, and mail is now handled through Taylor’s carrier route. It sits about 8 to 10 miles from Taylor along Nebraska Highway 91, in quiet Loup County ranch country.
Adjacent Counties
Loup County borders Rock County (north), Holt County (northeast), Garfield County (east), Custer County (south), Blaine County (west), and Brown County (northwest).
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