Piercy Place, Nebraska

Piercy 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 (Hartgraves Place, Cascade, Falter Place) in this remote stretch of the Nebraska Sandhills. No post office or founding story for Piercy Place appears in the standard historical references for the county.

The name almost certainly derives from an early ranching family named Piercy who settled this part of Cherry County -- a common naming pattern throughout the Sandhills, where small locales are often labeled simply for the family whose land they mark.

History

Detailed historical records for Piercy Place are limited. It appears on USGS topographic maps as a named populated place within Cherry County's Goose Creek Election Precinct, near Brownlee, Wood Lake, and Johnstown, in a remote stretch of the Sandhills where several small named locations sit within a few miles of each other.

Location & Access

County: Cherry County
Region: Nebraska Sandhills
Coordinates: approximately 42.349° N, 100.333° 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

Hartgraves Place (about 4 miles east-southeast) · Brownlee (about 16 miles west-southwest) · Wood Lake (about 21 miles north-northeast) · Valentine (Cherry County's seat, to the north)

Points of Interest

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

Events

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

Education & Health

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