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Village · Butler County · Population 65 (2020 census) · ZIP 68001 · Founded 1877 · Peak population 210 (1910)

About Abie

Abie is a village of 65 people (2020) in northeastern Butler County, at 1,450 feet about 11 miles east-northeast of David City and 4 miles north of Bruno. Its early 1900s buildings still stand: the 1904 bank, the 1905 school that now houses Abie’s Place, the 1912 village hall and the 1923 Sokol Auditorium. Abie is on Central Time.

History

Yankee, then German, then Czech settlers came to the area; a wagon train of 13 Czech families from Spillville, Iowa, arrived in July 1869. The settlement was platted in 1877, and Charles Stevens, postmaster from 1878 to 1888, named the post office for his wife, Abigail. When the Chicago & North Western built through in 1887, the town moved about three-quarters of a mile south to the tracks, leaving the Catholic cemetery on the original site. Abie peaked at 210 people in 1910. Its Sokol, organized about 1921 for gymnastics and Czech dances, dedicated its auditorium in June 1923; the hall closed in 2017. Rail service ended in 1962.

Nearby towns

Nimburg	about 2 mi north	County roads
Bruno	about 4 mi south	County roads
Linwood	about 5 mi north	County roads
Octavia	about 6 mi west	County roads
Edholm	about 6 mi northwest	County roads
Prague	about 8 mi east-southeast	County roads
Schuyler	about 10 mi northwest	County roads
David City	about 11 mi west-southwest	County roads
Brainard	about 11 mi south-southwest	County roads

Things to see

Abie’s Place in the 1905 school · the 1923 Sokol Auditorium · Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Health care

Hospital: Butler County Health Care Center, David City, about 11 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890), NEGenWeb Butler County; Butler County; City of David City; History Nebraska markers; National Register; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Lower Platte South NRD; Nebraska Secretary of State; Nebraska Library Commission; TrailLink; Visit Nebraska; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.