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Village · Lincoln County · Population 318 (2020 census) · ZIP 69169 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 406 (1930)

About Wallace

Wallace is a village of 318 people (2020) on the high tableland of southwestern Lincoln County, at about 3,110 feet, where dryland and pivot-irrigated farms meet ranch country. NE 25 runs north to Sutherland and I-80 and south toward Hayes Center, and NE 23 crosses east–west toward Grant and Wellfleet. Wallace has its own K–12 school, Wallace Public School District 65R, the Faith Memorial Library, a bank and a post office. North Platte is about 29 miles northeast in a straight line but farther by road. Wallace is on Central Time.

History

Wallace was platted in 1887 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad built its line across the south of the county toward Sterling and Cheyenne. By 1890 it had about 300 people, three banks, two hotels and a weekly paper, the Wallace Mail. The village reached 406 people in 1930. In 1921 the Johnston Memorial Building, designed by Francis W. Fitzpatrick in Prairie School and Craftsman style, was given to the town in memory of John R. Johnston, a Pittsburgh window-glass businessman who summered here; it has been on the National Register since 1986. The country school of nearby Dickens later merged into the Wallace district.

Highways and trails through Wallace

Route	One way	Other way
NE 25Through town	North to Sutherland and I-80	South toward Hayes Center
NE 23Through town	East to Dickens and Wellfleet	West toward Grant

Nearby towns

Paxton	about 22 mi north-northwest	NE 25 and I-80
Sutherland	about 22 mi north	NE 25
Wellfleet	about 23 mi east-southeast	NE 23
Hershey	about 24 mi north-northeast	NE 25 and US 30
North Platte	about 29 mi northeast	NE 25 and I-80
Maywood	about 31 mi east-southeast	NE 23
Ogallala	about 35 mi northwest	NE 25 and I-80
Maxwell	about 37 mi east-northeast	I-80

Things to see

the Johnston Memorial Building (1921), on the National Register · Dickens, a Burlington town platted in 1889, about 9 miles east

Schools and health care

Schools: Wallace Public School District 65R, 151 N. Wallace Rd., (308) 387-4323

Health care: No clinic in the village; Perkins County Health Services in Grant or Great Plains Health, 601 W. Leota St., North Platte, (308) 568-8000, about 44 road miles

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.