Kearney City

Ghost town · Kearney County, Nebraska

Kearney quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1894, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Kearney City is a ghost town in Kearney County, Nebraska, recorded as human settlement in Nebraska, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Kearney County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 48 Nebraska counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kearney City as a historical populated place on the Kearney 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 40.6417° N, 99.0476° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Kearney
Elevation	2,130 ft
Nearest living town	Kearney, NE
Distance to it	4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID	1873810
Coordinates	40.64168, -99.04759

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What's there now

Kearney City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kearney, NE (population 34,024), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,130 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Site of Dobytown, a ghost town in Kearney County, Nebraska. The historical marker in the picture is on the north side of Nebraska Highway 50A, two miles east of · Ammodramus / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

Nearby places

Valley City
ghost town · Kearney County · 9.5 mi
Nantasket
ghost town · Buffalo County · 28.5 mi
Brickton
ghost town · Adams County · 34.7 mi
Spring Ranch
ghost town · Clay County · 45.8 mi
Paplin
ghost town · Howard County · 47.1 mi

Questions

Where is Kearney City?

Kearney City is in Kearney County, Nebraska, at 40.6417, -99.0476.

How many ghost towns are in Kearney County?

Kearney County, Nebraska has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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