Rescue

Ghost town · Saunders County, Nebraska

Prague quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rescue as a historical populated place on the Prague 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 41.3445° N, 96.8698° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Prague
Elevation	1,481 ft
Nearest living town	Prague, NE
Distance to it	4 miles
GNIS feature ID	1897433
Coordinates	41.34445, -96.86975

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What's there now

Rescue is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Prague, NE (population 366), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,481 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Glencoe
ghost town · Dodge County · 21.5 mi
Marysville
ghost town · Seward County · 31.5 mi
Admah
ghost town · Washington County · 33.3 mi
Argo
ghost town · Burt County · 34.3 mi
Bismarck
ghost town · Cuming County · 39.2 mi
Plattford
ghost town · Sarpy County · 40 mi
De Soto
ghost town · Washington County · 43.5 mi
Camden
ghost town · Seward County · 44.5 mi
Fairview
ghost town · Sarpy County · 45.9 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.