Zip Code 68779: Stanton, Nebraska

Stanton History "Between 1856 and 1862, the area that now makes up Stanton County was part of Izard County. Izard County was square and comprised 16 townships. The name Izard County was changed to Stanton County in 1862. The first permanent settlement in Stanton County was made on Humbug Creek in 1865. The county was organized in 1865, and the four eastern townships were added to Cuming County. Since that time, Stanton County boundaries have remained unchanged. The early settlers came mostly from the eastern and east-central parts of the United States. They were chiefly of German descent although many were Americans by birth. Other nationalities that settled in the county were Czech.(P 2)

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"Stanton County is in the northeastern part of Nebraska. It is rectangular, being 24 miles long from north to south and 18 miles wide. The county a land area of 431square miles or 275,840 acres. It is bordered on the east by Cuming County, on the south by Colfax and Platte Counties, on the west by Madison County, and on the north by Wayne County. Stanton is the largest town and the county seat. Pilger is the only other town in Stanton County. Each community has most of the services required in a farming area.(P 1)
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"Stanton County consists of areas of bottomlands and stream terraces, loessial uplands, mixed sandy and loamy uplands, and a small area of sandhills. The bottomlands are mainly along the Elkhorn River, which flows from west to east, and its major tributaries. The stream terraces are adjacent to the bottomlands and also are along the major creeks. The silty loessial uplands are the major soil area in Stanton County. It is extensive in all parts of the county. ... The sandhills are mainly in two areas to the south and southeast of the town of Stanton. These areas consist mainly of excessively drained sandy soils. In addition to these general soil areas, a small area of soils that formed from glacial till is in the extreme northwestern corner of the county.(P.1)
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"State highways and county roads provide most of the transportation in Stanton County. U.S. Highway 275 crosses the northern part of the county, and Nebraska Highway 32 crosses the southern part of the county. Nebraska Highways 15 and 57 pass through Stanton County in a north-south direction. Nebraska Highway 24 passes diagonally along the Elkhorn River between Stanton and Norfolk, and Nebraska Highway 35 passes diagonally through the northwestern corner of the county. County roads are on most section lines. A few are hard surfaced, but most are graveled. There are a few dirt roads along seldom-used routes(p.2)
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"Stanton has the only high school in the county. Students from the northeastern part of the county are bused to Wisner in neighboring Cuming County or to Stanton. Most of the students in Woodland Park and other small rural communities in the northwestern part of Stanton County attend school in Madison County. Stanton County no longer has rural schools that provided elementary classes for many students. (P. 2)"

These passages were excerpted from:

Soil Survey of Stanton
County Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
Soil conservation Service in cooperation with:
University of Nebraska
Conservation and Survey Division

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