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Village · Custer County · Population 75 (2020 census) · ZIP 68819 · Founded 1886

About Berwyn

Berwyn is a village of 75 people (2020) on NE 2 and NE 92 in Custer County, at about 2,375 feet, about 8 miles east-southeast of Broken Bow and 7 miles northwest of Ansley. It has a village office, the Heritage House Inn bed and breakfast, Bicentennial Park and Sorensen Park; schools and other services are in Broken Bow and Ansley. Berwyn is on Central Time.

History

The Lincoln Land Company platted the town on May 10, 1886, as the Burlington’s Grand Island & Wyoming Central built west; the first train arrived on August 26, and the post office opened on November 9 with R. P. McKnight as postmaster. The town was first called Janesville and was renamed Berwyn that December, probably for a Burlington surveyor. Early Berwyn had a grocery, a general store and café, a lumberyard, an elevator, a blacksmith and a hardware store, and the Berwyn State Bank opened in 1914. The village counted 205 people in 1920.

Highways and trails through Berwyn

Route	One way	Other way
NE 2Through the village, with NE 92	Northwest to Broken Bow	Southeast to Ansley and Grand Island

Nearby towns

Ansley	about 8 mi southeast	NE 2
Westerville	about 8 mi northeast	County roads and US 183
Broken Bow	about 8 mi west-northwest	NE 2
Weissert	about 9 mi north-northeast	County roads
Mason City	about 14 mi southeast	NE 2
Merna	about 16 mi northwest	NE 2
Comstock	about 19 mi northeast	US 183
Oconto	about 20 mi southwest	County roads and NE 21
Sargent	about 21 mi north-northeast	US 183
Loup City	about 28 mi east	NE 92
Kearney	about 50 mi south-southeast	US 183

Things to see

the Heritage House Inn Bed & Breakfast · Bicentennial Park and Sorensen Park · Broken Bow and its courthouse square, about 8 miles west

Schools and health care

Schools: No school in the village; Broken Bow Public Schools, (308) 872-6821, and Ansley Public Schools, (308) 935-1121, are nearest

Health care: Nearest hospital: Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center, 145 Memorial Dr., Broken Bow, (308) 872-4100, about 8 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; NEGenWeb Custer County (place names); Custer County Tourism; Custer County Historical Society; History Nebraska (markers); National Register listings; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nebraska DHHS hospital and clinic rosters; Nebraska 211; SchoolDigger; Nebraska Secretary of State; City of Broken Bow; Village of Callaway; VisitNebraska; NEBRASKAland; Geological Society of America abstracts; KRVN, KNOP, KOLN 10/11 and Custer County Chief reports. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.