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Village · Harlan County · Population 33 (2020 census) · ZIP 68971 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 179 (1930)

About Huntley

Huntley is a village of 33 in north-central Harlan County, on the uplands between Turkey Creek and Washington townships, reached by the 4-mile S-42A spur east from US 183, about 8 miles north-northeast of Alma. Its mail comes through Republican City (ZIP 68971).

History

Settlers came to the Bainbridge neighborhood in 1873; J. W. Walker suggested the name, after his home town of Bainbridge, Ohio, and J. F. David kept the Bainbridge post office. The Kansas City & Omaha Railroad built its line from Fairfield through Minden to Huntley and Alma in 1887, and the railroad town of Huntley took Bainbridge's place; the village dates itself from 1888 and marked its centennial in 1988. In 1890 Huntley was a station of about 50 people with a store, post office, harness maker, hardware dealer and blacksmith.

The census counted 170 people in 1920 and the village's peak, 179, in 1930. The Huntley Telephone Company served the area for decades, and the Huntley school, District 70, kept grades 1–8 after dropping its high school in 1967. The railroad is gone.

Highways and trails through Huntley

Route	One way	Other way
S-42AState spur into the village	West 4 mi to US 183	East end in Huntley

Nearby towns

Ragan	about 7 mi north	US 183 and NE 4
Alma	about 8 mi south-southwest	S-42A and US 183
Republican City	about 9 mi south-southeast	S-42A, US 183 and US 136
Orleans	about 10 mi west-southwest	S-42A, US 183 and US 136
Wilcox	about 12 mi north-northeast	County roads
Holdrege	about 16 mi north-northwest	S-42A and US 183
Hildreth	about 16 mi northeast	County roads and NE 4

Things to see

Bainbridge Cemetery, about 2 mi northwest, the burial ground of the first settlement · Huntley Zion Cemetery · the Turkey Creek Bridge (1899; National Register), about 6 mi north-northwest near Ragan

Schools and health care

Schools: Huntley is split between Alma Public Schools (515 Jewell St., Alma) and Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools (404 E. Sapp St., Wilcox)

Health care: No clinic in Huntley; nearest: Harlan County Health System, 717 N. Brown St., Alma, (308) 928-2151, a 19-bed critical access hospital, about 8 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Johnson's History of Nebraska (1880); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890); Who's Who in Nebraska, Harlan County (1940); Harlan County history (Rogers, 1967) and NEGenWeb Harlan County; Harlan County and City of Alma websites; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Recreation.gov; National Register of Historic Places; History Nebraska; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Nebraska Department of Revenue; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nebraska Extension; school, hospital and library websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.