Welcome to Plato ...

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

We've added Plato to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Plato - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Plato, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Plato , we believe that it would have been located within present day Saline County<2>.

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

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

The location where Plato once stood is in the (402) & (531)<3> area codes.

Communities Also Named Plato ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Plato - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Saskatchewan, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Adding Plato to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Plato was on a map titled Map of Nebraska (from Rand McNally, 1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plato.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saline County: www.co.saline.ne.us/

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 Plato, 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 Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).