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Welcome to Kearney City (aka 'Dobytown') ...

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

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

Kearney City would have been located within present day Kearney County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Kearney City, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


The pronunciation of Kearney City: CAR-nee<4>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kearney City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Kearney City is 2,120 feet [646 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Kearney City is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

The community of Kearney City has also been called Dobytown.

Communities near Kearney City ...

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

  • Kearney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Minden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibbon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<7> 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 <6>
  • Shelton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> 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 <6>
  • Elm Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
    • Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <6>
  • Axtell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Amherst
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Funk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funk have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
    • Funk is located in Phelps County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Funk <6>
  • Riverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
    • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <6>
  • Heartwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
    • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <6>

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

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

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

Adding Kearney City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kearney City 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 Kearney City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Kearney City post office opened in 1861.

We also found Kearney City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kearney City.

The official website for Kearney County: www.kearneycounty.ne.gov/

The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Kearney City, 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 Kearney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Kearney City. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kearney City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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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