Vesta, Nebraska

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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Vesta is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.{{GNIS|834377}}

History

A schoolteacher named Vesta after a former student in Massachusetts.{{cite book|title=Exploring Nebraska Highways: Trip Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjRdGsXE_joC&pg=PA238|year=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=978-0-9744358-7-9|page=238}}{{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 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=83}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Nebraska

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska