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Welcome to Lena ...

Lena is located in Arthur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lena, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Lena is 3,540 feet [1,079 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lena is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lena lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lena, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lena: 308

Communities Also Named Lena ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Lena: This one is located in Arthur County and the other is located in McPherson County.

Beyond Nebraska, there are 20 communities that are also named Lena - they are located in Arkansas (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lena ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Lena.

  • Arthur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bucktail
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bucktail. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
    • Bucktail is located in Arthur County
  • Whitman
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Hyannis
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyannis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyannis
    • Hyannis is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyannis <3>
  • Heil School ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heil School
    • Heil School is located in Hooker County
    • Heil School has also been known as:
    • Hecla
  • Tryon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lena ...

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

Adding Lena to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lena post office opened in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lena.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Arthur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lena - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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