Cleveland

Ghost town · Holt County, Nebraska

Dustin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cleveland is a ghost town in Holt County, Nebraska. It is the only former community in Holt County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cleveland as a historical populated place on the Dustin topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.7750° N, 99.1143° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Dustin
Elevation	2,012 ft
Nearest living town	Stuart, NE
Distance to it	12.1 miles
GNIS feature ID	1847731
Coordinates	42.77500, -99.11426

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What's there now

Cleveland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stuart, NE (population 553), about 12.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,012 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Carns
ghost town · Keya Paha County · 18.9 mi
Baker
ghost town · Boyd County · 24.4 mi
Rosedale
ghost town · Boyd County · 28 mi
Winfield
ghost town · Brown County · 29.5 mi
Wheeler
ghost town · Charles Mix County · 29.9 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.