Welcome to Kent ...

So far, we found very little information about Kent. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Kent to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kent, please Contact Us.

Kent would have been located within present day Loup County<2>.

The location of Kent has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kent, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Kent is 2,250 feet [686 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Kent is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Kent was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Kent still existed, it would have been in the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Kent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Kent: This one is located in Loup County and the other is located in Nance County.

Beyond Nebraska, there are 47 communities that are also named Kent - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri (3), Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kent.

Communities near Kent ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kent.

• Burwell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Burwell is located in Garfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burwell <5>
• Sargent
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sargent <5>
• Taylor
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Loup County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <5>
• Comstock
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Comstock is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <5>
• Elyria
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• Willow Springs ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
  • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
• Almeria
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
  • Almeria is located in Loup County
• Wescott
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
  • Wescott is located in Custer County
• Gates
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Gates is located in Custer County
• Weissert
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weissert
  • Weissert is located in Custer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weissert <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kent.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kent. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kent.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kent. See our Newspapers Page for Kent.

Adding Kent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kent in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Kent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Kent post office opened in 1876.

We also found Kent on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kent.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Loup County: www.co.loup.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/