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Welcome to Cushing ...

The village of Cushing is located in Howard County<1>.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Cushing has a population of 33 people<2> (see below for details).

Cushing is 1,790 feet [546 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cushing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cushing: 308

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cushing had an population of 33 people. This is an increase of 3.12% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 6.45% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cushing had a population of 32 people. This makes Cushing the county's 7th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 32 people, the population of Cushing increased 3.23% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 31 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Cushing.

Communities Also Named Cushing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cushing - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Quebec, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cushing ...

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

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 Cushing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cushing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cushing ...

Looking for more information about Cushing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cushing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cushing.

Adding Cushing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cushing in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cushing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Cushing post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cushing.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cushing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cushing.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cushing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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