| NEBRASKA INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES BY LEGAL CLASSIFICATION | ||
| Nebraska - 2007 | ||
| Incorporation Class | Population in Class | Number |
| Metropolitan Class City | More than 300,000 people | 1 |
| Primary Class City | More than 100,000 and less than 300,000 | 1 |
| First Class City | More than 5,000 and less than 100,000 | 30 |
| Second Class City | More than 800 and less than 5,000 | 116 |
| Village | More than 100 and less than 800 | 382 |
| Total | 530 | |
| Place | Classification | Date of Incorporation |
| Abie | Village | 1902 |
| Adams | Village | |
| Ainsworth | Second Class | December 1883 |
| Albion | Second Class | April 19, 1882 |
| Alda | Village | |
| Alexandria | Village | June 24, 1881 |
| Allen | Village | 1896 |
| Alliance | First Class | 1888 |
| Alma | Second Class | July 26, 1881 |
| Alvo | Village | |
| Amherst | Village | |
| Anoka | Village | |
| Anselmo | Village | |
| Ansley | Village | January 13, 1887 |
| Arapahoe | Second Class | |
| Arcadia | Village | |
| Arlington 1 | Village | |
| Arnold 1 | Village | |
| Arthur | Village | |
| Ashland | Second Class | February 2, 1870 |
| Ashton | Village | |
| Atkinson | Second Class | August 7, 1880 |
| Atlanta | Village | |
| Auburn | Second Class | June 6, 1882 |
| Aurora | Second Class | July 3, 1877 |
| Avoca | Village | |
| Axtell | Village | |
| Ayr | Village | |
| Bancroft | Village | |
| Barada | Village | |
| Barneston | Village | |
| Bartlett | Village | |
| Bartley | Village | |
| Bassett | Second Class | February 8, 1887 |
| Battle Creek | Second Class | February 21, 1873 |
| Bayard | Second Class | |
| Bazile Mills | Village | |
| Beatrice | First Class | 1873 |
| Beaver City | Second Class | May 3, 1887 |
| Beaver Crossing | Village | |
| Bee | Village | |
| Beemer 1 | Village | |
| Belden | Village | |
| Belgrade | Village | December 4, 1900 |
| Bellevue | First Class | February 23, 1855 |
| Bellwood | Village | |
| Belvidere | Village | |
| Benedict | Village | |
| Benkelman | Second Class | February 1887 |
| Bennet | Village | |
| Bennington | Second Class | |
| Bertrand | Village | |
| Berwyn | Village | |
| Big Springs | Village | |
| Bladen | Village | August 8, 1900 |
| Blair | First Class | August 7, 1869 |
| Bloomfield | Second Class | |
| Bloomington | Village | |
| Blue Hill | Second Class | April 28, 1882 |
| Blue Springs | Second Class | 1857 |
| Boelus | Village | 1885 |
| Boys Town | Village | August 4, 1936 |
| Bradshaw | Village | |
| Brady | Village | |
| Brainard | Village | October 26, 1878 |
| Brewster | Village | |
| Bridgeport | Second Class | 1901 |
| Bristow | Village | |
| Broadwater | Village | |
| Brock | Village | November 21, 1881 |
| Broken Bow | Second Class | |
| Brownville | Village | |
| Brule | Village | |
| Bruning | Village | |
| Bruno | Village | |
| Brunswick | Village | |
| Burchard | Village | |
| Burr | Village | |
| Burton | Village | |
| Burwell | Second Class | October 2, 1889 |
| Bushnell | Village | |
| Butte | Village | |
| Byron | Village | 1880 |
| Cairo | Village | |
| Callaway | Village | January 13, 1888 |
| Cambridge | Second Class | |
| Campbell | Village | 1890 |
| Carleton | Village | |
| Carroll | Village | |
| Cedar Bluffs | Village | |
| Cedar Creek | Village | 1969 |
| Cedar Rapids | Village | April 19, 1884 |
| Center | Village | |
| Central City | Second Class | |
| Ceresco 1 | Village | May 10, 1887 |
| Chadron | First Class | December 21, 1885 |
| Chambers | Village | |
| Chapman | Village | |
| Chappell | Second Class | October 1, 1907 |
| Chester | Village | December 3, 1883 |
| Clarks | Village | |
| Clarkson | Second Class | July 19, 1887 |
| Clatonia | Village | |
| Clay Center | Second Class | |
| Clearwater | Village | |
| Clinton | Village | |
| Cody | Village | |
| Coleridge | Village | June 6, 1885 |
| Colon | Village | |
| Columbus | First Class | February 11, 1865 |
| Comstock | Village | |
| Concord | Village | |
| Cook | Village | 1888 |
| Cordova | Village | 1887 |
| Cornlea | Village | 1902 |
| Cortland | Village | |
| Cotesfield | Village | |
| Cowles | Village | |
| Cozad | Second Class | February 11, 1886 |
| Crab Orchard | Village | |
| Craig | Village | 1867 |
| Crawford | Second Class | August 12, 1886 |
| Creighton | Second Class | June 24, 1874 |
| Creston | Village | |
| Crete | First Class | 1872 |
| Crofton | Second Class | |
| Crookston | Village | |
| Culbertson | Village | |
| Curtis | Second Class | 1886 |
| Cushing | Village | |
| Dakota City | Second Class | April 5, 1858 |
| Dalton | Village | |
| Danbury | Village | |
| Dannebrog | Village | October 9, 1886 |
| Davenport | Village | June 7, 1887 |
| Davey | Village | |
| David City | Second Class | June 5, 1874 |
| Dawson | Village | |
| Daykin | Village | April 17, 1887 |
| De Witt | Village | 1881 |
| Decatur | Village | |
| Denton | Village | |
| Deshler | Second Class | |
| Deweese | Village | |
| Dickens | Village | |
| Diller | Village | 1885 |
| Dix | Village | |
| Dixon | Village | 1890 |
| Dodge 1 | Village | |
| Doniphan | Village | January 9, 1884 |
| Dorchester | Village | July 1881 |
| Douglas | Village | |
| Du Bois | Village | |
| Dunbar | Village | |
| Duncan | Village | 1913 |
| Dunning | Village | |
| Dwight | Village | December 29, 1904 |
| Eagle 1 | Village | August 4, 1891 |
| Eddyville | Village | |
| Edgar | Second Class | 1872 |
| Edison | Village | January 3, 1907 |
| Elba | Village | March 13, 1886 |
| Elgin | Second Class | |
| Elk Creek | Village | April 23, 1883 |
| Elkhorn | First Class | Annexed by Omaha, 2007 |
| Elm Creek 1 | Village | |
| Elmwood | Village | |
| Elsie | Village | |
| Elwood | Village | |
| Elyria | Village | 1939 |
| Emerson 1 | Village | July 1888 |
| Emmet | Village | |
| Endicott | Village | 1886 |
| Ericson | Village | |
| Eustis | Village | March 1, 1888 |
| Ewing | Village | |
| Exeter 1 | Village | |
| Fairbury | Second Class | January 4, 1872 |
| Fairfield | Second Class | 1872 |
| Fairmont | Village | |
| Falls City | Second Class | |
| Farnam | Village | 1886 |
| Farwell | Village | |
| Filley | Village | |
| Firth | Village | January 20, 1879 |
| Fordyce | Village | August 7, 1913 |
| Fort Calhoun | Second Class | |
| Foster | Village | |
| Franklin | Second Class | July 30, 1883 |
| Fremont | First Class | |
| Friend | Second Class | 1874 |
| Fullerton | Second Class | June 16, 1884 |
| Funk | Village | |
| Gandy | Village | 1887 |
| Garland | Village | |
| Garrison | Village | |
| Geneva | Second Class | 1879 |
| Genoa | Second Class | June 16, 1884 |
| Gering | First Class | March 14, 1918 |
| Gibbon | Second Class | |
| Gilead | Village | January 26, 1903 |
| Giltner | Village | |
| Glenvil | Village | 1899 |
| Goehner | Village | 1913 |
| Gordon | Second Class | November 19, 1885 |
| Gothenburg | Second Class | |
| Grafton | Village | 1874 |
| Grainton | Village | |
| Grand Island | First Class | 1872 |
| Grant | Second Class | 1888 |
| Greeley | Village | |
| Greenwood | Village | |
| Gresham | Village | |
| Gretna | Second Class | |
| Gross | Village | |
| Guide Rock | Village | |
| Gurley | Village | May 1, 1917 |
| Hadar | Village | |
| Haigler | Village | |
| Hallam | Village | |
| Halsey | Village | |
| Hamlet | Village | May 18, 1922 |
| Hampton | Village | 1879 |
| Harbine | Village | |
| Hardy | Village | 1880 |
| Harrison | Village | |
| Hartington | Second Class | January 9, 1884 |
| Harvard | Second Class | |
| Hastings | First Class | April 1874 |
| Hay Springs | Second Class | November 19, 1885 |
| Hayes Center | Village | |
| Hazard | Village | |
| Heartwell | Village | 1913 |
| Hebron | Second Class | May 6, 1872 |
| Hemingford 1 | Village | 1886 |
| Henderson | Second Class | October 4, 1899 |
| Hendley | Village | |
| Henry | Village | |
| Herman | Village | |
| Hershey | Village | |
| Hickman | Second Class | December 17, 1884 |
| Hildreth | Village | |
| Holbrook | Village | |
| Holdrege | First Class | February 14, 1884 |
| Holstein | Village | |
| Homer | Village | |
| Hooper | Second Class | 1876 |
| Hordville | Village | |
| Hoskins | Village | |
| Howard City (aka Boelus) | Village | 1885 |
| Howells | Village | August 22, 1887 |
| Hubbard | Village | |
| Hubbell | Village | |
| Humboldt | Second Class | December 3, 1873 |
| Humphrey | Second Class | |
| Huntley | Village | |
| Hyannis | Village | |
| Imperial | Second Class | March 1886 |
| Indianola | Second Class | |
| Inglewood | Village | 1959 |
| Inman | Village | |
| Ithaca | Village | |
| Jackson | Village | |
| Jansen | Village | |
| Johnson | Village | June 1884 |
| Johnstown | Village | |
| Julian | Village | November 1887 |
| Juniata 1 | Village | January 15, 1880 |
| Kearney | First Class | December 3, 1873 |
| Kenesaw 1 | Village | |
| Kennard | Village | |
| Kilgore | Village | June 17, 1913 |
| Kimball | Second Class | May 1, 1921 |
| La Vista | First Class | February 23, 1960 |
| Lamar | Village | May 15, 1919 |
| Laurel | Second Class | |
| Lawrence | Village | |
| Lebanon | Village | 1873 |
| Leigh | Village | March 7, 1887 |
| Leshara | Village | |
| Lewellen | Village | |
| Lewiston | Village | |
| Lexington | First Class | |
| Liberty | Village | |
| Lincoln | Primary Class | April 7, 1869 |
| Lindsay | Village | |
| Linwood | Village | |
| Litchfield | Village | 1886 |
| Lodgepole | Village | |
| Long Pine | Second Class | 1934 |
| Loomis | Village | |
| Lorton | Village | |
| Louisville | Village | February 1857 |
| Loup City | Second Class | |
| Lushton | Village | |
| Lyman | Village | April 1922 |
| Lynch | Village | |
| Lyons | Second Class | April 9, 1884 |
| Madison | Second Class | June 25, 1880 |
| Madrid | Village | |
| Magnet | Village | |
| Malcolm | Village | |
| Malmo | Village | |
| Manley | Village | |
| Marquette | Village | March 2, 1889 |
| Marsland | Village | |
| Martinsburg | Village | |
| Maskell | Village | |
| Mason City | Village | December 14, 1886 |
| Maxwell | Village | |
| Maywood | Village | |
| McCook | First Class | December 21, 1933 |
| McCool Junction | Village | |
| McGrew | Village | 1911 |
| McLean | Village | |
| Mead | Village | |
| Meadow Grove | Village | June 14, 1887 |
| Melbeta | Village | 1914 |
| Memphis | Village | |
| Merna | Village | January 0, 1900 |
| Merriman | Village | |
| Milford | Second Class | April 1864 |
| Miller | Village | 1890 |
| Milligan | Village | February 15, 1888 |
| Minatare | Second Class | 1900 |
| Minden | Second Class | |
| Mitchell | Second Class | 1902 |
| Monowi | Village | |
| Monroe | Village | |
| Moorefield | Village | |
| Morrill 1 | Village | April 11, 1907 |
| Morse Bluff | Village | |
| Mullen | Village | |
| Murdock | Village | April 4, 1905 |
| Murray | Village | March 7, 1935 |
| Naper | Village | |
| Naponee | Village | |
| Nebraska City | First Class | December 31, 1857 |
| Nehawka | Village | |
| Neligh | Second Class | December 31, 1881 |
| Nelson | Second Class | May 11, 1883 |
| Nemaha | Village | |
| Nenzel | Village | |
| Newcastle | Village | 1893 |
| Newman Grove | Second Class | 1888 |
| Newport | Village | |
| Nickerson | Village | |
| Niobrara | Village | November 8, 1878 |
| Nora | Village | |
| Norfolk | First Class | September 12, 1881 |
| Norman | Village | |
| North Bend | Second Class | 1856 |
| North Loup | Village | |
| North Platte | First Class | September 13, 1873 |
| Oak | Village | |
| Oakdale | Village | |
| Oakland | Second Class | |
| Obert | Village | |
| Oconto | Village | 1906 |
| Octavia | Village | |
| Odell | Village | |
| Ogallala | First Class | 1884 |
| Ohiowa | Village | |
| Omaha | Metropolitan Class | |
| O'Neill | Second Class | October 7, 1882 |
| Ong | Village | 1902 |
| Orchard | Village | |
| Ord | Second Class | June 23, 1881 |
| Orleans | Village | August 30, 1879 |
| Osceola | Second Class | |
| Oshkosh | Second Class | December 30, 1910 |
| Osmond | Second Class | December 19, 1890 |
| Otoe | Village | |
| Overton | Village | |
| Oxford 1 | Village | |
| Page | Village | |
| Palisade | Village | January 17, 1893 |
| Palmer | Village | |
| Palmyra | Village | |
| Panama | Village | |
| Papillion | First Class | May 9, 1883 |
| Pawnee City | Second Class | approx. 1858 |
| Paxton | Village | October 15, 1909 |
| Pender 1 | Village | |
| Peru | Second Class | |
| Petersburg | Village | |
| Phillips | Village | March 17, 1891 |
| Pickrell | Village | 1913 |
| Pierce | Second Class | |
| Pilger | Village | 1887 |
| Plainview | Second Class | |
| Platte Center | Village | |
| Plattsmouth | First Class | March 15, 1855 |
| Pleasant Dale | Village | 1882 |
| Pleasanton | Village | January 12, 1894 |
| Plymouth | Village | |
| Polk | Village | 1906 |
| Ponca | Second Class | April 4, 1871 |
| Potter | Village | 1914 |
| Prague | Village | |
| Preston | Village | |
| Primrose | Village | 1902 |
| Prosser | Village | |
| Ragan | Village | |
| Ralston | First Class | June 24, 1912 |
| Randolph | Second Class | May 7, 1889 |
| Ravenna | Second Class | October 12, 1886 |
| Raymond | Village | |
| Red Cloud | Second Class | August 9, 1878 |
| Republican City | Village | |
| Reynolds | Village | |
| Richland | Village | 1908 |
| Rising City | Village | 1876 |
| Riverdale | Village | |
| Riverton | Village | |
| Roca | Village | |
| Rockville | Village | |
| Rogers | Village | November 13, 1893 |
| Rosalie | Village | |
| Roseland | Village | |
| Royal | Village | |
| Rulo | Village | |
| Rushville | Second Class | October 9, 1885 |
| Ruskin | Village | |
| Salem | Village | |
| Santee | Village | February 28, 1974 |
| Sargent | Second Class | |
| Saronville | Village | |
| Schuyler | First Class | November 6, 1870 |
| Scotia | Village | |
| Scottsbluff | First Class | 1916 |
| Scribner | Second Class | 1881 (vill.), 1921 (2nd cl.) |
| Seneca | Village | |
| Seward | First Class | |
| Shelby | Village | |
| Shelton 1 | Village | |
| Shickley | Village | March 20, 1888 |
| Sholes | Village | 1914 |
| Shubert | Village | December 1883 |
| Sidney | First Class | October 8, 1884 |
| Silver Creek | Village | |
| Smithfield | Village | |
| Snyder | Village | June 9, 1890 |
| South Bend | Village | |
| South Sioux City | First Class | June 4, 1887 |
| Spalding | Village | 1881 |
| Spencer | Village | 1891 |
| Sprague | Village | September 25, 1913 |
| Springfield | Second Class | February 26, 1882 |
| Springview | Village | 1887 |
| St. Edward | Second Class | 1871 |
| St. Helena | Village | 1858 |
| St. Paul | Second Class | |
| Stamford | Village | |
| Stanton | Second Class | |
| Staplehurst | Village | August 22, 1884 |
| Stapleton | Village | 1912 |
| Steele City | Village | |
| Steinauer | Village | 1888 |
| Stella | Village | 1882 |
| Sterling | Village | |
| Stockham | Village | |
| Stockville | Village | |
| Strang | Village | |
| Stratton | Village | July 17, 1882 |
| Stromsburg | Second Class | August 27, 1883 |
| Stuart | Village | January 12, 1884 |
| Sumner | Village | |
| Superior | Second Class | August 4, 1879 |
| Surprise | Village | |
| Sutherland 1 | Village | |
| Sutton | Second Class | |
| Swanton | Village | 1883 |
| Syracuse | Second Class | 1871 |
| Table Rock | Village | |
| Talmage | Village | March 7, 1882 |
| Tamora | Village | |
| Tarnov | Village | |
| Taylor | Village | |
| Tecumseh | Second Class | 1856 |
| Tekamah | Second Class | October 1854 |
| Terrytown | Village | |
| Thayer | Village | |
| Thedford | Village | |
| Thurston | Village | |
| Tilden | Second Class | 1880 |
| Tobias | Village | 1884 |
| Trenton | Village | 1885 |
| Trumbull | Village | |
| Uehling | Village | |
| Ulysses | Village | |
| Unadilla | Village | May 6, 1871 |
| Union | Village | |
| Upland | Village | |
| Utica | Village | |
| Valentine | Second Class | |
| Valley | Second Class | 1864 |
| Valparaiso | Village | August 10, 1880 |
| Venango | Village | January 1916 |
| Verdel | Village | |
| Verdigre | Village | |
| Verdon | Village | June 10, 1887 |
| Virginia | Village | |
| Waco | Village | |
| Wahoo | Second Class | 1874 |
| Wakefield | Second Class | 1881 |
| Wallace | Village | |
| Walthill 1 | Village | 1906 |
| Washington | Village | June 13, 1915 |
| Waterbury | Village | |
| Waterloo | Village | |
| Wauneta | Village | |
| Wausa | Village | July 16, 1891 |
| Waverly | Second Class | July 6, 1885 |
| Wayne | First Class | February 2, 1884 |
| Weeping Water | Second Class | December 6, 1870 |
| Wellfleet | Village | 1925 |
| West Point | Second Class | 1869 |
| Western | Village | 1880 |
| Weston | Village | January 2, 1885 |
| Whitney | Village | |
| Wilber | Second Class | |
| Wilcox | Village | June 10, 1886 |
| Wilsonville | Village | |
| Winnebago 1 | Village | 1907 |
| Winnetoon | Village | |
| Winside | Village | October 7, 1890 |
| Winslow | Village | 1909 |
| Wisner | Second Class | May 14, 1873 |
| Wolbach | Village | November 1887 |
| Wood Lake | Village | 1903 |
| Wood River | Second Class | |
| Wymore | Second Class | |
| Wynot | Village | May 4, 1908 |
| York | First Class | |
| Yutan | Second Class | April 25, 1884 |
| Sources: Clerk of the Legislature, Nebraska Blue Book 2004-2005, and League of Nebraska | ||
| Municipalies, 2008 Nebraska Directory of Municipal Officials, March 2008 | ||
| 1 Cities that have elected to retain Village classification. | ||
| Last Updated: | 7/18/08 | |
| by Nebraska Databook | ||
| email: | mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov | |