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Welcome to Heun ...

Heun is located in Colfax County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heun, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1895.

Heun is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Heun: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Heun ...

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

  • Schuyler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • North Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Scribner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Clarkson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Howells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Leigh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Snyder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Creston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Morse Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heun ...

Looking for more information about Heun? 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 Heun, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Heun.

Adding Heun to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Heun 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 (so far) for Heun was on a map titled Map of Nebraska (from Rand McNally, 1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heun.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Colfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heun - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Heun area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Heun area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.