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