Welcome to Berlin ...
So far, we found very little information about Berlin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Berlin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Berlin - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Berlin, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Berlin , we believe that it would have been located within present day Otoe County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Berlin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
When the people of Berlin referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Berliner<3>
Time Zone: The area where Berlin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Berlin was located: 402 & 531<4>
Communities Also Named Berlin ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Berlin - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Berlin.
Adding Berlin to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Berlin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Berlin post office opened in 1882.
We also found Berlin on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Berlin.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Otoe County: www.co.otoe.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Berlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Otoe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Berlin refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Berlin may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Berlin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Berlin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |