Custer County Communities

The following is a list of communities found in Custer County, past and present.  The information for many of the communities is incomplete as of now and we will keep adding to this page over time, so keep checking back.
 

Abel	Algernon	Anselmo	Ansley	Aranda	Argile	Arnold	Battle Bend	Beechville	Berwyn
Broken Bow	Burroak	Callaway	Campville	Cliff	Climax	Coburgh	Comstock	Cummings Park	Cumro
Custer	Dale	Delight	Doris	Douglas Grove	Elm	Elm Bridge	Elton	Eri	Ernst
Etna	Eudell	Finchville	Gassman Springs	Gates	Gavin	Genet	Georgetown	Goodyear's Ranch	Grant
Green	Guilford	Harlan	High	Highland	Hinckley	Hoosier	Huxley	Janesville	Jefferson
Keota	Kingston	Klump	Lamore	Lee Park	Lena	Leonard	Lillian	Lodi	Lomax
Longwood	Loyal	Lydia	Magoon	Manchester	Marvin	Mason City	McKinley	Merna	Milburn
Milldale	Milton	Myrtle	Nea	Nemo	New Callaway	New Helena	Noel	Obi	Oconto
Olax	Ormsby	Ortello	Over	Phillipsburg	Pilot	Pleasant Hill	Redfern	Rest	Robville
Roten	Round Grove	Round Valley	Ryno	Sargent	Scandia	Seneca	Set Up	Somerford	South Loup
Springville	Stop	Table	Tallin	Triumph	Tuckerville	Tufford	Upton	Victoria	Walworth
Wayne	Weissert	Wescott	Westerville	West Union	Wirt	Woods Park	Woods Stage Ranch	Yucca	Yucca Hill

Abel:

Algernon: 

Anselmo:  This town was named after Anselmo B. Smith.  He was a civil engineer employed by the Lincoln Town-Site Company.  He platted the towns along the Burlington railroad and platted Anselmo on 20 Nov 1886.

Ansley:  The first settlement was made here in the spring of 1886, the post office being established on April 20th. of that year.  The town was named for Eliza Ansley, sister of the president of the Lincoln Land Company.  She had invested a large sum of money in the newly platted community.

Aranda:

Argile:

Arnold:  This town was named in honor of George Arnold, a member of the ranch firm of Arnold and Ritchie.  He located in the vicinity in 1875, the town was platted in 1883 and the post office was established on 18 April 1877.

Battle Bend:

Beechville: 

Berwyn: The town was platted in 1886, by the Lincoln Town-Site Company and was named after a railroad surveyor.  The name was changed from Janesville in December of 1886.

Broken Bow: This town was laid out in June of 1882 and was elected county seat in January of 1883.  Broken Bow was named by Wilson Hewitt, after three other names he had previously submitted were refused.  The name was inspired by his sons, who found a broken bow at an old indian campsite.  Broken Bow is the largest town in Custer County, with a 1994 population of 3,830.

Burroak:

Callaway: This town was surveyed and platted in 1885.  A post office was established here on 30 Aug 1880 and named Set Up.  On 23 Sep 1880, the name was changed to Delight.  This name was most likely used because of its location in Delight Township.  The town name was changed once again on 29 Apr 1886, to Grant.  This name was almost certainly chosen in honor of Ulysses S. Grant.  The name was changed for the last time on 02 Aug 1886.  It was named after S. R. Callaway, general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Campville:

Cliff:

Climax: A post office was established here in 1909 and was discontinued in 1927.  The town was named by Mary T. Ewing who owned the farm on which it was located.  She was also in charge of the post office when it was established.

Coburgh:

Comstock:

Cummings Park:

Cumro:  The following is from a Nebraska State Historical marker at Cumro, Nebraska:   "Cumro, named by William Edmunds for his home town in Wales, was a thriving frontier settlement located between Georgetown Post Office, four miles to the west, and Eudell Post Office, three miles to the east.  It boasted a school, blacksmith shop, physician and store, with a church and cemetery to the north.  Cumro Post Office was established in 1885, with Morgan W. Jones as postmaster and discontinued in April, 1943.  In the summer of 1877 the Kearney and Black Hills Stage Line followed the South Loup River Valley with stops south of Eudell and at Georgetown.  A Union Pacific Line planned for the valley was surveyed through Cumro in the 1880's but the line was never built because the railroad experienced financial difficulties.  Cattlemen began bringing cattle into the valley in 1869 and conflicts erupted when homesteaders challenged the cattlemen's claim to the land.  Fierce blizzards of 1880 & 1881 decimated the herds hastening the end of the open range.  Among descendents of the cattlemen and homesteaders who settled the area can be found such names as George, Morgan, Trew, Wood and many others."

Custer:

Dale:

Delight:

Doris:

Douglas Grove:

Elm:

Elm Bridge:

Elton:

Eri:

Ernst:

Etna:

Eudell:

Finchville:

Gassman Springs:

Gates:

Gavin:

Genet:

Georgetown:

Goodyear's Ranch:

Grant:

Green:

Guilford:

Harlan:

High:

Highland:

Hinckley:

Hoosier:

Huxley:

Janesville:

Jefferson:

Keota:

Kingston:

Klump:  Jacob B. Klump and Jane (Parkinson) Klump acquired the land in 1882 or 1883.  Jacob and the boys worked there for about a year building a sod house and improvements.  The rest of the family lived in York during this time.  The family had moved there from Jo Daviess County, Illinois.  In 1884, the family moved to the farm.  Jane Klump became a postmistress.  I am not sure of the date, but it is probably in Nebraska Name Places.  She died in 1906 and the postoffice was closed.  She ran
the postoffice in her home.  For many years Klump was on the maps as a community, but it was always a farm and postoffice.  (This information was provided by Peggy Struwe)

Lamore:

Lee Park:

Lena:

Leonard:

Lillian:

Lodi:

Lomax:

Longwood:

Loyal:

Lydia:

Magoon:

Manchester:

Marvin:

Mason City:

McKinley:

Merna:

Milburn:

Milldale:

Milton:

Myrtle:

Nea:

Nemo:

New Callaway:

New Helena:

Noel:

Obi:

Oconto:

Olax:

Ormsby:

Ortello:

Over:

Phillipsburg:

Pilot:

Pleasant Hill:

Redfern:

Rest:

Robville:

Roten:

Round Grove:

Round Valley:

Ryno:

Sargent:  If you click on the link here, you will be taken to another page that was created from a "Suplement to The Sargent Leader", dated  August 2, 1907.  This page was generously provided by Frank Manning.

Scandia:

Seneca:

Set Up:

Somerford:

South Loup:

Springville:

Stop:

Table:

Tallin:

Triumph:

Tuckerville:

Tufford:

Upton:

Victoria:

Walworth:

Wayne:

Weissert:

Wescott:

Westerville: 

West Union:

Wirt:

Woods Park:

Woods Stage Ranch:

Yucca:

Yucca Hill:

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Please send additions, comments, and corrections to:
Randy & Jeri Jones
Last Updated: April 9, 1998