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Village · Pawnee County · Population 233 (2020 census) · ZIP 68447 · Founded 1855 · Peak population 852 (1900)

About Table Rock

Table Rock is a village of 233 in northeastern Pawnee County on NE 4, where NE 65 ends, about 6 miles north-northeast of Pawnee City. Its five-acre public square, dedicated in 1882 with a bandstand added in 1900, is the heart of a National Register historic district, and the Table Rock Historical Society runs nine museums in town.

History

The Table Rock Town Company chose the site in 1855 and named it for a large flat-topped rock on high ground near the village, which has since fallen. In 1857 the Nebraska Settlement Company took over and brought about 200 families from Pennsylvania and New York, but wet weather, hard times and illness in 1858 left only about 15 of 150 families; the town was surveyed that year. The first church in the county was organized here in 1857, and a stone schoolhouse was built in 1861–62.

The first Atchison & Nebraska locomotive, on the line that became part of the Burlington, reached Table Rock on November 10, 1871, and the Burlington's line to Wymore followed in 1881. The State Bank of Table Rock was founded in 1885, merchant G. R. "Rice" Martin built the opera house in 1893, and the population peaked at 852 in 1900. Football Hall of Famer William "Link" Lyman came from Table Rock. Its schools merged with Humboldt's in 2003, and the Table Rock school building closed in 2016.

Highways and trails through Table Rock

Route	One way	Other way
NE 4East–west through the village	East to Humboldt, with NE 105 part of the way	West past NE 50 and the Steinauer spur to Lewiston
NE 65Ends at NE 4 in the village	Ends in Table Rock	South with NE 50 to Pawnee City

Nearby towns

Pawnee City	about 6 mi southwest	NE 65 and NE 50
Humboldt	about 8 mi east	NE 4
Elk Creek	about 8 mi north-northwest	NE 4 and NE 50
Steinauer	about 8 mi west-northwest	NE 4 and S-67B
Du Bois	about 10 mi south-southeast	NE 50
Dawson	about 14 mi east-southeast	NE 4
Tecumseh	about 14 mi north-northwest	NE 4 and NE 50
Burchard	about 14 mi west	NE 4 and NE 99

Things to see

The Museums of Table Rock, 414 Houston St.: nine museums, including the 1893 Opera House (National Register), St. John's Catholic Church (1877), a newspaper museum with a working letterpress office, a country school, an 1854 log cabin, and veterans', Czech, farm-machinery and pioneer museums (tours by appointment) · the Table Rock Public Square Historic District (National Register) · the Lindsley House, 706 Luzerne St. (National Register; private) · Table Rock Public Library, 513 Luzerne St. · the Civil War monument in the Table Rock Cemetery · Table Rock WMA, 415 acres of prairie 1 mi east · The Roundup Bar & Grill, 420 Luzerne St.

Schools and health care

Schools: Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools (HTRS): HTRS Elementary School (PK–6) and HTRS High School (7–12), both at 810 Central Ave., Humboldt

Health care: No clinic in Table Rock; Pawnee County Memorial Hospital and Pawnee County Rural Health Clinic, 600 I St., Pawnee City, 402-852-2231

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names; History Nebraska markers; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nemaha NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; county, school, museum and parish websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.