Unadilla

Unadilla traces to 1864, when James Wallen built the area's first structure as a freight waystation. The village itself was platted in May 1871 by Strite and Catherine Axtell, who had advance knowledge of the coming Midland Pacific Railroad route, and took its name from Unadilla, New York, an Iroquois-derived word meaning "a place of meeting." A 1908 flood killed six residents, and a 1911 fire destroyed most of the commercial district, but the town rebuilt along its original curved street layout. The Unadilla Main Street Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the village has declared itself Nebraska's "Groundhog Capital" since 1988.

Unadilla, platted in 1871 along the Midland Pacific Railroad, calls itself Nebraska's "Groundhog Capital."