Nickerson, Nebraska
village in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States
Nickerson is a village in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nickerson had a population of 312.
History
Nickerson was platted in 1871 by Lucius D. Richards when the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for its founder, Reynolds K. Nickerson. Nickerson was incorporated as a village in 1910.
In 1906, a second railroad began to serve the village. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks were constructed. Those tracks are now a part of the BNSF Railway network.
By the 1970s, the Chicago & North Western Railroad was running fewer trains through Nickerson, bringing into question the future of that railroads service to the village. However, flooding in the spring of 1982 would damage both the C&NW tracks & the Burlington Northern tracks.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nickerson, Nebraska” as village in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q966297. Authority coordinates are 41.535, -96.469. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1871, 1910 and 1906.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Nickerson, 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.