Holbrook, Nebraska
village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States
Holbrook is a village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 201 at the 2020 census.
History
Holbrook was originally called Burton's Bend. When the railroad was built through the neighborhood circa 1880, the settlement was renamed Holbrook after a railroad official.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 201 people and 117 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,293.8 inhabitants per square mile (499.5/km2). There were 108 housing units at an average density of 806.3 per square mile (311.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 91.0% White and 2.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.98% of the population.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Holbrook, Nebraska” is village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Holbrook, Nebraska and village, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2056385. Authority coordinates are 40.304, -100.009. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1880.
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This entry incorporates text from “Holbrook, Nebraska” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.