Hartgraves Place Nebraska

Hartgraves Place, Nebraska

Hartgraves Place is a small populated place in Cherry County, Nebraska, in the Goose Creek Election Precinct, part of a cluster of similarly named small locations in this remote stretch of the Nebraska Sandhills. As with several of its neighbors, no post office or founding story for Hartgraves Place appears in the standard historical references for Cherry County.

The name almost certainly derives from an early ranching family named Hartgraves who settled this part of the county -- a common pattern in the Sandhills, where many small locales carry the name of the family whose homestead or ranch they mark.

History

Detailed historical records for Hartgraves Place are limited. It appears on USGS topographic maps as a named populated place within Cherry County's Goose Creek Election Precinct, in a cluster of similarly small named locations (Piercy Place, Cascade, Elsmere, Falter Place) scattered across this remote part of the Nebraska Sandhills.

Location & Access

County: Cherry County
Region: Nebraska Sandhills
Coordinates: approximately 42.320° N, 100.268° W
Designation: Populated place

Adjacent Counties

Cherry County borders Brown, Keya Paha, Blaine, Grant, Thomas, Hooker, and Sheridan Counties in Nebraska, along with Bennett, Todd, Tripp, and Oglala Lakota Counties in South Dakota -- more neighboring counties than any other county in Nebraska.

Nearby Towns

Piercy Place (about 4 miles west-northwest) · Elsmere (about 11 miles south-southeast) · Brownlee (about 18 miles west) · Valentine (Cherry County's seat, to the north)

Points of Interest

• Nebraska Sandhills ranch country: Hartgraves Place sits amid a cluster of small, closely spaced named locations in this remote part of Cherry County.

Events

Community events for the Hartgraves Place area are being added to the directory. Browse the Cherry County directory for current listings.

Education & Health

Schools: The Hartgraves Place area is served by schools in Valentine.
Health: Nearest hospital and clinic services are in Valentine.