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Welcome to Red Willow ...

Red Willow is located in Red Willow County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Willow, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

Red Willow is 2,410 feet [735 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Red Willow is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Red Willow (for example, toward Benkelman), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Red Willow: 308

Communities Also Named Red Willow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Red Willow - it's located in Alberta.

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

Communities near Red Willow ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Willow ...

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

Adding Red Willow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red Willow 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 Red Willow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Red Willow post office opened in 1872.

We also found Red Willow in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Willow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Red Willow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Willow - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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