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Village · Hamilton County · Population 406 (2020 census) · ZIP 68841 · Founded 1886 · Peak population 410 (1910)

About Giltner

Giltner is a village of 406 people (2020) in southwestern Hamilton County, at 1,831 feet about 10 miles southwest of Aurora. Spur 41B connects it with I-80 at Exit 324 and with US 34 to the north. Giltner has its own K–12 school, the Hornets, and United Methodist and St. Joseph’s Catholic churches, and it holds Giltner Daze each June. Giltner is on Central Time.

History

The Lincoln Land Company platted the town on May 25, 1886, on the Burlington’s new branch from Aurora to Hastings, and named it Huntington, for a railroad employee’s Pennsylvania hometown. Its mail kept going to Hartington, so in February 1887 it became Bromfield, and the Lerton post office moved in. Confusion with Bloomfield brought one more change, made official on September 14, 1895: Giltner, for Rev. H. M. Giltner, who had founded the Presbyterian church in 1893. The village incorporated on December 11, 1888, and in 1903 was a charter member of the short-lived Central Nebraska baseball league. The Giltner Gazette ran from 1901 to 1962. Giltner peaked at 410 people in 1910 and had 406 in 2020.

Highways and trails through Giltner

Route	One way	Other way
Spur 41BGiltner spur	To I-80 (Exit 324)	North to US 34

Nearby towns

Phillips	about 9 mi north-northwest	County roads
Trumbull	about 9 mi southwest	County roads
Aurora	about 10 mi northeast	I-80 or county roads
Harvard	about 11 mi south-southeast	County roads
Doniphan	about 11 mi west	I-80 and county roads
Stockham	about 12 mi east-southeast	County roads
Grand Island	about 14 mi northwest	I-80
Hampton	about 16 mi east-northeast	I-80
Clay Center	about 18 mi south-southeast	County roads

Things to see

Giltner Daze in June

Events in Giltner

Giltner Daze
Giltner’s village celebration in June.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Giltner Public Schools (its own district), #2 West 6th Rd., (402) 849-2238: elementary (PK–6) and high school (7–12)

Health care: Nearest hospitals: Memorial Community Health, Aurora, about 10 mi, and Grand Island, about 15 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); 1890 Hamilton County history (NEGenWeb); Bremer, Centennial History of Hamilton County (1967); Plainsman Museum town histories; History Nebraska; National Register; Nebraska Game and Parks; Prairie Plains Resource Institute; Memorial Community Health; Nebraska Secretary of State; Aurora News-Register; KOLN; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.