Gurley Nebraska

Gurley is a Cheyenne County village founded in 1913 when the Burlington Railroad extended its tracks to the site, with the first depot opening the following winter out of three converted bunk cars.

The village takes its name from Fred R. Gurley, a Burlington Railroad superintendent. Early Gurley grew around a grain elevator (built 1914-15, lost to fire in 1941), a lumber company, a combined general store, post office and pharmacy, and its own State Bank. Like neighboring Dalton, Gurley merged its school district in 1978 to form Leyton Public Schools.