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Callaway is a village in Custer County, Nebraska, platted in 1885 and incorporated on January 13, 1888, with a village seal bearing the motto “Excelsior” alongside a plow and open book. The town takes its name from S. R. Callaway, general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad. Callaway sits along Nebraska Highway 40, about 65 miles northwest of Kearney and 45 miles north of the Lexington exit on Interstate 80. The village is home to a genuinely distinctive piece of county history: the First Custer County Courthouse, built in 1876 — predating Broken Bow's designation as county seat by seven years — was moved to its current Callaway location in 1933 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With a 2020 population of 563, Callaway remains one of Custer County's more substantial towns outside the county seat.
Callaway, platted in 1885 and incorporated in 1888, is named for Union Pacific general manager S. R. Callaway. It's home to the First Custer County Courthouse — built in 1876, predating Broken Bow's own seat designation — later moved here in 1933 and NRHP-listed. Population was 563 in 2020.