Elsmere, Nebraska

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Elsmere is an unincorporated community in southeastern Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads southeast of the city of Valentine, the county seat of Cherry County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 62. Its elevation is 2,687 feet (819 m).{{gnis|835299}}, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26.

History

A post office was established at Elsmere in 1899, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Cherry&searchtext=&pagenum=2 |title=Cherry County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=25 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120932/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Cherry&searchtext=&pagenum=2 |archivedate=26 August 2014 }} The community was likely named after the novel Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=37| isbn=0803250606 }}

Education

Valentine Community Schools of Valentine absorbed the former Elsmere Public School in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DissolutionHistory_2021_22.pdf|title=SCHOOL FINANCE AND ORGANIZATION SERVICES CUMULATIVE DISTRICT DISSOLUTIONS - 1990/91 thru 2021/22|publisher=Nebraska Department of Education|page=16/92|accessdate=2022-11-28}}

References

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{{Cherry County, Nebraska}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Cherry County, Nebraska

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska

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