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Village · Lincoln County · Population 383 (2020 census) · ZIP 69123 · Founded 1889 · Peak population 460 (1940)

About Brady

Brady is a village of 383 people (2020) in eastern Lincoln County, at about 2,651 feet in the Platte valley. US 30, the Lincoln Highway, divides the town, the Union Pacific runs alongside, and I-80 is two miles south. Brady has its own schools, a library, a post office and a community center that hosts the meal site and Brady Days on the first weekend of August. Jeffrey Lake, 595 acres on the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District canal, and the canyon trails of Potter’s Pasture lie south of town; Brady and Chester Island WMAs are nearby. Brady is on Central Time.

History

The Union Pacific station here was first called Brady Island, after the island in the Platte where a trapper named Brady was killed in the early 1800s. The village was laid out in 1889 and by 1890 had a post office and the Citizen State Bank. Brady grew as a farm town along the Lincoln Highway after 1913 and reached 460 people in 1940.

Highways and trails through Brady

Route	One way	Other way
US 30Through town, the Lincoln Highway	East to Gothenburg	West to Maxwell and North Platte

Nearby towns

Maxwell	about 9 mi west-northwest	US 30
Gothenburg	about 13 mi east-southeast	US 30
North Platte	about 22 mi west-northwest	US 30
Wellfleet	about 27 mi southwest	I-80 and US 83
Maywood	about 28 mi south-southwest	local roads
Arnold	about 29 mi north-northeast	local roads
Stapleton	about 33 mi north-northwest	I-80 and US 83
Hershey	about 35 mi west-northwest	US 30
Sutherland	about 41 mi west-northwest	US 30

Things to see

Brady Days each August · Jeffrey Lake and Potter’s Pasture, south of town · Brady WMA and Chester Island WMA

Events in Brady

Brady Days
Brady Days is held in Brady, Nebraska, on the first weekend of August.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Brady Public Schools, Brady

Health care: Nearest hospitals: Gothenburg Health, about 13 mi; Great Plains Health, 601 W. Leota St., North Platte, (308) 568-8000, about 22 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Lincoln County (co.lincoln.ne.us); History Nebraska and HMdb markers; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); 1890 Nebraska State Gazetteer; NEGenWeb Lincoln County; National Archives (North Platte Canteen); National Register; VA National Cemetery Administration; Nebraska Game and Parks; Golden Spike Tower; NEBRASKAland Days; AirNav; KNOP; North Platte Chamber; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.