Beemer, Nebraska
| Beemer, Nebraska | |
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| Village | |
Downtown Beemer: West side of Main Street, looking north from U.S. Highway 275
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 Location of Beemer, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: 41°55′50″N 96°48′36″W / 41.93056°N 96.81000°WCoordinates: 41°55′50″N 96°48′36″W / 41.93056°N 96.81000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Cuming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.40 sq mi (1.04 km2) |
| • Land | 0.40 sq mi (1.04 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,352 ft (412 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 678 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 668 |
| • Density | 1,695.0/sq mi (654.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68716 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-03635 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0827286 |
| Website | ci.beemer.ne.us |
Beemer is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 678 at the 2010 census.
Beemer is located at 41°55′50″N 96°48′36″W / 41.93056°N 96.81000°W (41.930439, -96.809862) on the table lands adjoining the Elkhorn River bottoms, 84 miles from Omaha and nine miles northwest of West Point, near the geographic center of Cuming County where Nebraska Link 20A meets U.S. Route 275.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2), all land.
The first settlers of European descent arrived in the Beemer area by prairie schooner in 1864, seeking land under the Homestead Act. The new inhabitants built dugouts, sod houses, and, eventually, log cabins. The earliest settlers in Beemer Township included M. Brayrerton, George Graham, Joseph S. Emley, Robert Fehlmann, Dr. H.H. Howe, Howard Howe, James and Michael McNamara, Judge Newburn, the Rabe family, W.S. Schneald, William Sharp and two sons Martin and Silas, Casper Schifferns, David Simons, Wm. A. Smith, J.E. Spencer, Benjamin Ewing, John Wagaoner, Henry White, James Wilson, and William Witte.
The first school in Beemer Township was taught by Mrs. William Sharp in 1867 in her log cabin, a short distance to the northwest of where Beemer is now located.
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