Trumbull is a village in south central Nebraska. Most of it lies in Clay County, with a small part reaching into Adams County. It was platted in 1886 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to the point, and county records say it was named in honor of a Burlington official; the post office here had earlier carried the name Ludlow.
Two Nebraskans with national records started out here. Nelson M. Holderman was born in Trumbull in November 1885 and received the Medal of Honor for his conduct during the Lost Battalion siege in October 1918, when he was wounded on three separate days and still carried wounded men to safety. He went on to command the Veterans Home of California at Yountville from 1923 until 1953, and the hospital there was later named for him. Fannie B. Wylie, who served in the Nebraska Legislature, also came from the village.
The village had 212 residents in 2000, 205 in 2010 and 198 at the 2020 census. Community life centers on the Trumbull Community Center, held by a public charity organized in 2008. A local story, which the sources themselves describe as unverified, holds that the farmer who gave the townsite attached a condition forbidding the sale of alcohol inside the village limits.
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Trumbull is a small Clay County village platted in 1886.
Trumbull is the birthplace of Nelson M. Holderman, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions with the "Lost Battalion" in World War I. Local folklore holds that the town's founding charter banned alcohol sales, though this claim isn't independently verified.