Welcome to Nantasket ...

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

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

Nantasket would have been located within present day Buffalo County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nantasket, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nantasket is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Nantasket once stood is in the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Nantasket ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Nantasket - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Nantasket ...

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

• Gibbon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
  • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <5>
• Wood River
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River
  • Wood River is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood River <5>
• Shelton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
  • Shelton is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <5>
• Loup City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
  • Loup City is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
  • Loup City has also been known as:
  • Loup
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <5>
• Cairo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Cairo is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <5>
• Pleasanton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
  • Pleasanton is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasanton <5>
• Dannebrog
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dannebrog have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannebrog
  • Dannebrog is located in Howard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dannebrog <5>
• Litchfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
  • Litchfield is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <5>
• Howard City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
  • Howard City is located in Howard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
• Ashton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
  • Ashton is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashton <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 Nantasket. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nantasket.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nantasket. 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 Nantasket.

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

Adding Nantasket to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nantasket 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 Nantasket was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Nantasket post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nantasket.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Buffalo County: www.buffalogov.org/

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