NEBRASKA INCORPORATED PLACES BY LEGAL CLASSIFICATION
Nebraska - 2014
Incorporation Class	Population in Class	Number
Metropolitan Class City	300,000 or more people	Omaha
Primary Class City	More than 100,000 & less than 300,000	Lincoln
First Class City	More than 5,000 up to 100,000	30
Second Class City	More than 800 up to 5,000	117
Village	100 up to 800	381
	Total	530
Place	Classification	Date of Incorp/Founding		Place	Classification	Date of Incorp/Founding
Abie	Village	1902		Kearney	First Class	December 3, 1873
Adams	Village	Est. 1873		Kenesaw	Second Class	NA
Ainsworth	Second Class	December 1883		Kennard	Village	NA
Albion	Second Class	April 19, 1882		Kilgore	Village	June 17, 1913
Alda	Village	NA		Kimball	Second Class	May 1, 1921
Alexandria	Village	June 24, 1881		La Vista	First Class	February 23, 1960
Allen	Village	1896		Lamar	Village	May 15, 1919
Alliance	First Class	1888		Laurel	Second Class	NA
Alma	Second Class	July 26, 1881		Lawrence	Village	NA
Alvo	Village	NA		Lebanon	Village	1873
Amherst	Village	NA		Leigh	Village	March 7, 1887
Anoka	Village	NA		Leshara	Village	NA
Anselmo	Village	NA		Lewellen	Village	NA
Ansley	Village	January 13, 1887		Lewiston	Village	NA
Arapahoe	Second Class	NA		Lexington	First Class	NA
Arcadia	Village	Furnas Co. org. in 1873		Liberty	Village	NA
Arlington 1	Village	NA		Lincoln	Primary Class	April 7, 1869
Arnold 1	Village	NA		Lindsay	Village	NA
Arthur	Village	Co. org. in 1913		Linwood	Village	NA
Ashland	Second Class	February 2, 1870		Litchfield	Village	1886
Ashton	Village	NA		Lodgepole	Village	NA
Atkinson	Second Class	August 7, 1880		Long Pine	Second Class	1934
Atlanta	Village	1908		Loomis	Village	NA
Auburn	Second Class	June 6, 1882		Lorton	Village	NA
Aurora	Second Class	July 3, 1877		Louisville	Second Class	February 1857
Avoca	Village	NA		Loup City	Second Class	NA
Axtell	Village	NA		Lushton	Village	NA
Ayr	Village	NA		Lyman	Village	April 1922
Bancroft	Village	NA		Lynch	Village	NA
Barada	Village	NA		Lyons	Second Class	April 9, 1884
Barneston	Village	NA		Madison	Second Class	June 25, 1880
Bartlett	Village	NA		Madrid	Village	NA
Bartley	Village	NA		Magnet	Village	NA
Bassett	Second Class	February 8, 1887		Malcolm	Village	NA
Battle Creek	Second Class	February 21, 1873		Malmo	Village	NA
Bayard	Second Class	NA		Manley	Village	NA
Bazile Mills	Village	NA		Marquette	Village	March 2, 1889
Beatrice	First Class	1873		Marsland	Village	NA
Beaver City	Second Class	May 3, 1887		Martinsburg	Village	NA
Beaver Crossing	Village	NA		Maskell	Village	NA
Bee	Village	NA		Mason City	Village	December 14, 1886
Beemer 1	Village	NA		Maxwell	Village	NA
Belden	Village	NA		Maywood	Village	NA
Belgrade	Village	December 4, 1900		McCook	First Class	December 21, 1933
Bellevue	First Class	February 23, 1855		McCool Junction	Village	NA
Bellwood	Village	NA		McGrew	Village	1911
Belvidere	Village	NA		McLean	Village	NA
Benedict	Village	NA		Mead	Village	NA
Benkelman	Second Class	February 1887		Meadow Grove	Village	June 14, 1887
Bennet	Village	NA		Melbeta	Village	1914
Bennington	Second Class	NA		Memphis	Village	NA
Bertrand	Village	NA		Merna	Village	January 0, 1900
Berwyn	Village	NA		Merriman	Village	NA
Big Springs	Village	NA		Milford	Second Class	April 1864
Bladen	Village	August 8, 1900		Miller	Village	1890
Blair	First Class	August 7, 1869		Milligan	Village	February 15, 1888
Bloomfield	Second Class	NA		Minatare	Second Class	1900
Bloomington	Village	NA		Minden	Second Class	NA
Blue Hill	Second Class	April 28, 1882		Mitchell	Second Class	1902
Blue Springs	Second Class	1857		Monowi	Village	NA
Boelus	Village	1885		Monroe	Village	NA
Boys Town	Village	August 4, 1936		Moorefield	Village	NA
Bradshaw	Village	NA		Morrill1	Village	April 11, 1907
Brady	Village	NA		Morse Bluff	Village	NA
Brainard	Village	October 26, 1878		Mullen	Village	NA
Brewster	Village	NA		Murdock	Village	April 4, 1905
Bridgeport	Second Class	1901		Murray	Village	March 7, 1935
Bristow	Village	NA		Naper	Village	NA
Broadwater	Village	NA		Naponee	Village	NA
Brock	Village	November 21, 1881		Nebraska City	First Class	December 31, 1857
Broken Bow	Second Class	NA		Nehawka	Village	NA
Brownville	Village	NA		Neligh	Second Class	December 31, 1881
Brule	Village	Founded 1886		Nelson	Second Class	May 11, 1883
Bruning	Village	NA		Nemaha	Village	NA
Bruno	Village	NA		Nenzel	Village	Established in 1885
Brunswick	Village	NA		Newcastle	Village	1893
Burchard	Village	NA		Newman Grove	Second Class	1888
Burr	Village	NA		Newport	Village	NA
Burton	Village	NA		Nickerson	Village	NA
Burwell	Second Class	October 2, 1889		Niobrara	Village	November 8, 1878
Bushnell	Village	NA		Nora	Village	NA
Butte	Village	NA		Norfolk	First Class	September 12, 1881
Byron	Village	1880		Norman	Village	NA
Cairo	Village	Railroad arr., 1886		North Bend	Second Class	1856
Callaway	Village	January 13, 1888		North Loup	Village	NA
Cambridge	Second Class	NA		North Platte	First Class	September 13, 1873
Campbell	Village	1890		Oak	Village	NA
Carleton	Village	Founded early 1870s		Oakdale	Village	NA
Carroll	Village	NA		Oakland	Second Class	NA
Cedar Bluffs	Village	NA		Obert	Village	NA
Cedar Creek	Village	1969		Oconto	Village	1906
Cedar Rapids	Village	April 19, 1884		Octavia	Village	NA
Center	Village	NA		Odell	Village	NA
Central City	Second Class	NA		Ogallala	First Class	1884
Ceresco 1	Village	May 10, 1887		Ohiowa	Village	February 19, 1887
Chadron	First Class	December 21, 1885		Omaha	Metropolitan Class	February 1857
Chambers	Village	NA		O'Neill	Second Class	October 7, 1882
Chapman	Village	First Building, 1871		Ong	Village	1902
Chappell	Second Class	October 1, 1907		Orchard	Village	NA
Chester	Village	December 3, 1883		Ord	Second Class	June 23, 1881
Clarks	Village	Platted, 1866		Orleans	Village	August 30, 1879
Clarkson	Second Class	July 19, 1887		Osceola	Second Class	NA
Clatonia	Village	NA		Oshkosh	Second Class	December 30, 1910
Clay Center	Second Class	NA		Osmond	Second Class	December 19, 1890
Clearwater	Village	Found. as Antelope in 1872 chgd 1880		Otoe	Village	NA
Clinton	Village	NA		Overton	Village	NA
Cody	Village	NA		Oxford 1	Village	NA
Coleridge	Village	June 6, 1885		Page	Village	NA
Colon	Village	NA		Palisade	Village	January 17, 1893
Columbus	First Class	February 11, 1865		Palmer	Village	NA
Comstock	Village	NA		Palmyra	Village	NA
Concord	Village	NA		Panama	Village	NA
Cook	Village	1888		Papillion	First Class	May 9, 1883
Cordova	Village	1887		Pawnee City	Second Class	Approx. 1858
Cornlea	Village	1902		Paxton	Village	October 15, 1909
Cortland	Village	NA		Pender1	Village	NA
Cotesfield	Village	NA		Peru	Second Class	NA
Cowles	Village	NA		Petersburg	Village	NA
Cozad	Second Class	February 11, 1886		Phillips	Village	March 17, 1891
Crab Orchard	Village	NA		Pickrell	Village	1913
Craig	Village	1867		Pierce	Second Class	NA
Crawford	Second Class	August 12, 1886		Pilger	Village	1887
Creighton	Second Class	June 24, 1874		Plainview	Second Class	NA
Creston	Village	NA		Platte Center	Village	NA
Crete	First Class	1872		Plattsmouth	First Class	March 15, 1855
Crofton	Second Class	NA		Pleasant Dale	Village	1882
Crookston	Village	NA		Pleasanton	Village	January 12, 1894
Culbertson	Village	NA		Plymouth	Village	NA
Curtis	Second Class	1886		Polk	Village	1906
Cushing	Village	NA		Ponca	Second Class	April 4, 1871
Dakota City	Second Class	April 5, 1858		Potter	Village	1914
Dalton	Village	NA		Prague	Village	NA
Danbury	Village	NA		Preston	Village	NA
Dannebrog	Village	October 9, 1886		Primrose	Village	1902
Davenport	Village	June 7, 1887		Prosser	Village	NA
Davey	Village	NA		Ragan	Village	NA
David City	Second Class	June 5, 1874		Ralston	First Class	June 24, 1912
Dawson	Village	NA		Randolph	Second Class	May 7, 1889
Daykin	Village	April 17, 1887		Ravenna	Second Class	October 12, 1886
De Witt	Village	1881		Raymond	Village	NA
Decatur	Village	NA		Red Cloud	Second Class	August 9, 1878
Denton	Village	NA		Republican City	Village	NA
Deshler	Second Class	NA		Reynolds	Village	NA
Deweese	Village	NA		Richland	Village	1908
Dickens	Village	NA		Rising City	Village	1876
Diller	Village	1885		Riverdale	Village	NA
Dix	Village	NA		Riverton	Village	NA
Dixon	Village	1890		Roca	Village	NA
Dodge1	Village	NA		Rockville	Village	NA
Doniphan	Village	January 9, 1884		Rogers	Village	November 13, 1893
Dorchester	Village	July 1881		Rosalie	Village	NA
Douglas	Village	NA		Roseland	Village	NA
Du Bois	Village	NA		Royal	Village	NA
Dunbar	Village	NA		Rulo	Village	NA
Duncan	Village	1913		Rushville	Second Class	October 9, 1885
Dunning	Village	NA		Ruskin	Village	NA
Dwight	Village	December 29, 1904		Salem	Village	NA
Eagle 1	Village	August 4, 1891		Santee	Village	February 28, 1974
Eddyville	Village	NA		Sargent	Second Class	NA
Edgar	Second Class	1872		Saronville	Village	NA
Edison	Village	January 3, 1907		Schuyler	First Class	November 6, 1870
Elba	Village	March 13, 1886		Scotia	Village	NA
Elgin	Second Class	NA		Scottsbluff	First Class	1916
Elk Creek	Village	April 23, 1883		Scribner	Second Class	1881 (vill.), 1921 (2nd cl.)
Elkhorn	First Class	Annexed by Omaha, 2007		Seneca	Village	NA
Elm Creek 1	Village	NA		Seward	First Class	NA
Elmwood	Village	NA		Shelby	Village	NA
Elsie	Village	NA		Shelton1	Village	NA
Elwood	Village	NA		Shickley	Village	March 20, 1888
Elyria	Village	1939		Sholes	Village	1914
Emerson 1	Village	July 1888		Shubert	Village	December 1883
Emmet	Village	NA		Sidney	First Class	October 8, 1884
Endicott	Village	1886		Silver Creek	Village	NA
Ericson	Village	NA		Smithfield	Village	NA
Eustis	Village	March 1, 1888		Snyder	Village	June 9, 1890
Ewing	Village	NA		South Bend	Village	NA
Exeter 1	Village	NA		South Sioux City	First Class	June 4, 1887
Fairbury	Second Class	January 4, 1872		Spalding	Village	1881
Fairfield	Second Class	1872		Spencer	Village	1891
Fairmont	Village	NA		Sprague	Village	September 25, 1913
Falls City	Second Class	NA		Springfield	Second Class	February 26, 1882
Farnam	Village	1886		Springview	Village	1887
Farwell	Village	NA		St. Edward	Second Class	1871
Filley	Village	NA		St. Helena	Village	1858
Firth	Village	January 20, 1879		St. Paul	Second Class	NA
Fordyce	Village	August 7, 1913		Stamford	Village	NA
Fort Calhoun	Second Class	NA		Stanton	Second Class	NA
Foster	Village	NA		Staplehurst	Village	August 22, 1884
Franklin	Second Class	July 30, 1883		Stapleton	Village	1912
Fremont	First Class	NA		Steele City	Village	NA
Friend	Second Class	1874		Steinauer	Village	1888
Fullerton	Second Class	June 16, 1884		Stella	Village	1882
Funk	Village	NA		Sterling	Village	NA
Gandy	Village	1887		Stockham	Village	NA
Garland	Village	NA		Stockville	Village	NA
Garrison	Village	NA		Strang	Village	NA
Geneva	Second Class	1879		Stratton	Village	July 17, 1882
Genoa	Second Class	June 16, 1884		Stromsburg	Second Class	August 27, 1883
Gering	First Class	March 14, 1918		Stuart	Village	January 12, 1884
Gibbon	Second Class	NA		Sumner	Village	NA
Gilead	Village	January 26, 1903		Superior	Second Class	August 4, 1879
Giltner	Village	NA		Surprise	Village	NA
Glenvil	Village	1899		Sutherland1	Village	NA
Goehner	Village	1913		Sutton	Second Class	NA
Gordon	Second Class	November 19, 1885		Swanton	Village	1883
Gothenburg	Second Class	NA		Syracuse	Second Class	1871
Grafton	Village	1874		Table Rock	Village	NA
Grainton	Village	NA		Talmage	Village	March 7, 1882
Grand Island	First Class	1872		Tamora	Village	NA
Grant	Second Class	1888		Tarnov	Village	NA
Greeley	Village	NA		Taylor	Village	Platted in 1883
Greenwood	Village	NA		Tecumseh	Second Class	1856
Gresham	Village	NA		Tekamah	Second Class	October 1854
Gretna	Second Class	July 10, 1889		Terrytown	Second Class	NA
Gross	Village	NA		Thayer	Village	NA
Guide Rock	Village	NA		Thedford	Village	NA
Gurley	Village	May 1, 1917		Thurston	Village	NA
Hadar	Village	NA		Tilden	Second Class	1880
Haigler	Village	NA		Tobias	Village	1884
Hallam	Village	NA		Trenton	Village	1885
Halsey	Village	NA		Trumbull	Village	NA
Hamlet	Village	May 18, 1922		Uehling	Village	NA
Hampton	Village	1879		Ulysses	Village	NA
Harbine	Village	NA		Unadilla	Village	May 6, 1871
Hardy	Village	1880		Union	Village	NA
Harrison	Village	NA		Upland	Village	NA
Hartington	Second Class	January 9, 1884		Utica	Village	NA
Harvard	Second Class	NA		Valentine	Second Class	NA
Hastings	First Class	April 1874		Valley	Second Class	1864
Hay Springs	Second Class	November 19, 1885		Valparaiso	Village	August 10, 1880
Hayes Center	Village	NA		Venango	Village	January 1916
Hazard	Village	NA		Verdel	Village	NA
Heartwell	Village	1913		Verdigre	Village	NA
Hebron	Second Class	May 6, 1872		Verdon	Village	June 10, 1887
Hemingford 1	Village	1886		Virginia	Village	NA
Henderson	Second Class	October 4, 1899		Waco	Village	NA
Hendley	Village	Founded 1888		Wahoo	Second Class	1874
Henry	Village	NA		Wakefield	Second Class	1881
Herman	Village	NA		Wallace	Village	NA
Hershey	Village	NA		Walthill1	Village	1906
Hickman	Second Class	December 17, 1884		Washington	Village	June 13, 1915
Hildreth	Village	NA		Waterbury	Village	NA
Holbrook	Village	NA		Waterloo	Village	NA
Holdrege	First Class	February 14, 1884		Wauneta	Village	NA
Holstein	Village	NA		Wausa	Village	July 16, 1891
Homer	Village	NA		Waverly	Second Class	July 6, 1885
Hooper	Second Class	1876		Wayne	First Class	February 2, 1884
Hordville	Village	NA		Weeping Water	Second Class	December 6, 1870
Hoskins	Village	NA		Wellfleet	Village	1925
Howard City (aka Boelus)	Village	1885		West Point	Second Class	1869
Howells	Village	August 22, 1887		Western	Village	1880
Hubbard	Village	NA		Weston	Village	January 2, 1885
Hubbell	Village	NA		Whitney	Village	NA
Humboldt	Second Class	December 3, 1873		Wilber	Second Class	NA
Humphrey	Second Class	NA		Wilcox	Village	June 10, 1886
Huntley	Village	NA		Wilsonville	Village	First Settled, 1872
Hyannis	Village	NA		Winnebago 1	Village	1907
Imperial	Second Class	March 1886		Winnetoon	Village	NA
Indianola	Second Class	NA		Winside	Village	October 7, 1890
Inglewood	Village	1959		Winslow	Village	1909
Inman	Village	NA		Wisner	Second Class	May 14, 1873
Ithaca	Village	NA		Wolbach	Village	November 1887
Jackson	Village	NA		Wood Lake	Village	1903
Jansen	Village	NA		Wood River	Second Class	NA
Johnson	Village	June 1884		Wymore	Second Class	NA
Johnstown	Village	NA		Wynot	Village	May 4, 1908
Julian	Village	November 1887		York	First Class	NA
Juniata1	Village	January 15, 1880		Yutan	Second Class	April 25, 1884
Sources: Clerk of the Legislature, Nebraska Blue Book 2008-09, and League of Nebraska
Municipalities, 2014 Nebraska Directory of Municipal Officials, March 2014; UNL, Virtual Nebraska, Nebraska . . . Our Towns, 2015.
1 Second class cities or villages that elected to retain the Village classification after their population exceeded or fell below the 800 mark.
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