Almeria Nebraska

Almeria was established in the 1890s by Wess Strohl, who named the site for his wife Almeria Strohl (unrelated to the Spanish city of the same name). It lost a close 1883 county-seat election to Taylor by just two votes, confirming it was a real, contemporaneous rival townsite at the time Loup County organized. Almeria had its own post office from 1884 until it closed in 1984; its local school closed in 1972.

Almeria is an unincorporated community, never having its own municipal government, and has no official Census population figure. A handful of year-round residents remain — local estimates put the number at roughly 9 to 13 people — though its general store and post office have both closed, and mail is now handled through Taylor's carrier route. It sits about 8 to 10 miles from Taylor along Nebraska Highway 91, in quiet Loup County ranch country.