Weissert Nebraska

Weissert is an unincorporated community in Custer County, Nebraska's Westerville Township, confirmed as a genuine historical settlement through its own Wikipedia entry. Its post office was established in 1892. Contrary to what its name might suggest, Weissert was not named after a local settler — according to Perkey's Nebraska Place Names, the name was instead suggested for the post office by the Post Office Department in Washington, D.C., making it one of several Nebraska towns whose names were assigned from afar rather than chosen locally. Little further detail survives about the community's history; a 2010s newspaper feature titled “Weissert: Custer County town now just remnants and memories” underscores how much of the settlement has faded, though the article's full content was not accessible for further detail. No population figures for Weissert have been recorded.

Weissert's post office was established in 1892, but unlike many small-town names, it wasn't chosen locally — the U.S. Post Office Department in Washington suggested the name itself. A 2010s newspaper feature described the community as reduced to little more than remnants and memories today.

Adjacent Counties & Nearby Towns

Custer County is the largest county in Nebraska by area, covering 2,576 square miles of the central part of the state, with Broken Bow as its county seat. It borders Valley County and Loup County to the northeast, Sherman County and Buffalo County to the southeast, Dawson County to the south, Lincoln County to the southwest, Logan County to the west, and Blaine County to the northwest.

Nearby towns. Weissert lies in Westerville Township in the east of the county, at about 2,420 feet. Westerville is roughly 6 miles south-south-east and Berwyn about 9 miles south-south-west. Broken Bow, the county seat, is about 11 miles west-south-west. Comstock lies some 12 miles east-north-east, Sargent about 13 miles north-north-east, and Ansley about 13 miles south-south-east. Merna is roughly 16 miles west.

Weissert has no post office of its own today; mail addresses in the area fall under the Ansley ZIP code, 68814.

Points of Interest & Events

Weissert is an unincorporated community, and today largely a memory. The Grand Island Independent summed it up in a feature headline: Weissert — Custer County town now just remnants and memories. There is no census population for it.

The post office was established in 1892, and the name has an unusual origin: according to Fitzpatrick’s Nebraska Place Names of 1925, “the name Weissert was suggested for this post office by the department at Washington” — that is, it was assigned from the capital rather than chosen locally. The exact founding date of the settlement is not recorded.

Lone Tree Cemetery, also called Weissert Cemetery, lies one mile south and half a mile east of the townsite. It takes its name from the Lone Tree community, and it is the most substantial thing still standing in the neighbourhood.

Weissert School, District No. 17, was built in 1952, about fifteen miles north-east of Broken Bow, and is documented by the Country School Legacy project at the University of Nebraska at Kearney — one of the last generation of one-room country schools put up in this county.

Annual events. None is recorded.

Education & Health

Schools. Weissert School, District No. 17, built in 1952, no longer operates. The nearest schools today are at Broken Bow, about 11 miles west-south-west, and Ansley, about 13 miles south-south-east. We have not been able to confirm from a published source which district a Weissert address falls into.

Health care. The nearest hospital is Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center, 145 Memorial Drive, Broken Bow, (308) 872-4100, roughly 11 miles west-south-west — a 23-bed critical access hospital with a 24-hour emergency room. It is among the shortest distances to a hospital of anywhere in rural Custer County.

Highway Access

No numbered state highway runs through Weissert. The community is reached by county roads, and we have not found a source naming a route through it — so rather than name one wrongly, here is what surrounds it.

Nebraska Highway 2, the Sandhills Journey National Scenic Byway, runs south-west of Weissert through Broken Bow and Berwyn. Nebraska Highway 70 runs south of it, east from Broken Bow through Westerville toward Arcadia and Ord. US Highway 183 crosses N-70 at Westerville, about 6 miles away, running north to Sargent and south to Ansley.

Reaching the Interstate. South-west to Broken Bow, then south on N-21 through Oconto to Lexington — about 66 miles to I-80.