Welcome to Willow Island ...

Willow Island is located in Dawson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Island, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Willow Island: Willow Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Willow Island is 2,520 feet [768 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Willow Island is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Willow Island is within the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Willow Island ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Willow Island - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Willow Island ...

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

• Lexington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <3>
• Cozad
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozad
  • Cozad is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cozad <3>
• Gothenburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothenburg
  • Gothenburg is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,424 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gothenburg <3>
• Brady
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
  • Brady is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <3>
• Eustis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eustis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
  • Eustis is located in Frontier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eustis <3>
• Farnam
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnam
  • Farnam is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farnam <3>
• Darr
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darr
  • Darr is located in Dawson County
• Moorefield
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
  • Moorefield is located in Frontier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorefield <3>
• Elwood
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Elwood is located in Gosper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <3>
• Oconto
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
  • Oconto is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oconto <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Island ...

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

Adding Willow Island to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Island post office opened in 1874.

We also found Willow Island on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willow Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dawson County: www.dawsoncountyne.net/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/