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Unincorporated community · Lancaster County · Population 30 (2020 census) · Founded 1889

About Agnew

Agnew is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (30 people in 2020) in far northern Lancaster County near the Saunders County line, at about 1,266 feet in the Oak Creek valley, about 4 miles north-northwest of Raymond. The Raymond Central high school is nearby.

History

Agnew was first known as West Oak Station, on the Republican Valley branch of the Union Pacific. It was platted in 1889 and named for William James Agnew, a railroad official. Its post office ran from 1886 to 1978. The 1890 gazetteer gave it 21 people, a general store, and a station agent who was also postmaster, 15 miles from Lincoln.

Nearby towns

Raymond	about 4 mi south-southeast	County roads
Malcolm	about 8 mi south-southwest	County roads
Davey	about 8 mi east-southeast	County roads
Emerald	about 14 mi south	County roads
Lincoln	about 16 mi south-southeast	County roads
Waverly	about 16 mi east-southeast	County roads

Schools and health care

Schools: Raymond Central Public Schools (the high school is near Agnew)

Health care: Hospitals: Bryan Medical Center (East and West), CHI Health St. Elizabeth and Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, about 16 mi

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (2020 census-designated places); Citypopulation.de; Wikipedia; Fitzpatrick and Link, Nebraska Place-Names (1960), and Forte postal history as cited by Wikipedia; 1890 Nebraska State Gazetteer (Lancaster County); History Nebraska; National Register; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Platte South NRD; TrailLink; KOLN/KGIN (2018); Seeing Lincoln. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.