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City · Madison County · Population 667 (2020 census) · ZIP 68758 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 1,260 (1920)

About Newman Grove

Newman Grove is a city of 667 people (2020) in southwestern Madison County, with a small part in Platte County, at 1,745 feet on Shell Creek. NE 45 runs through town as 8th Street, NE 32 joins it nearby on its way east to Madison, and NE 91 is 3 miles south. The city has Newman Grove Public Schools, the Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home, a pool, a golf course and a campground. Newman Grove is on Central Time.

History

Johnny Bloomfield, a Scot known as “Johnny Smoker,” was the first settler on Shell Creek, and the Warren family came in 1864. Young Newman Warren helped plant a grove of cottonwoods by the creek and died at 21; when his father, Lewis Warren, later sold the town site for $2,000, he asked that the town carry his son’s name. A post office opened in 1874 at the Columbus–Oakdale stage station. Most settlers came from Norway and Sweden, and the town has called itself the “Norwegian Capital of Nebraska” since 1975. When the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad arrived in 1886–87, the town moved to higher ground; the Western Townlot Co. platted it, naming five streets — Pike, Searle, Burrows, Hale and Bordwell — for its partners. Newman Grove was incorporated on February 9, 1888, and had its most people, 1,260, in 1920.

Highways and trails through Newman Grove

Route	One way	Other way
NE 45North–south through town as 8th Street	North to Tilden	South to NE 91
NE 32Joins NE 45 near town	East to Madison	West to Petersburg

Nearby towns

Lindsay	about 5 mi southeast	County roads
Albion	about 12 mi west-southwest	NE 91
Humphrey	about 15 mi east-southeast	NE 91
Petersburg	about 17 mi west-northwest	NE 32
Madison	about 17 mi east-northeast	NE 32
Meadow Grove	about 20 mi north	NE 45
Battle Creek	about 20 mi north-northeast	County roads
Tilden	about 21 mi north	NE 45
Norfolk	about 26 mi northeast	NE 32 and US 81

Things to see

the City Park, with some of the Warrens’ original cottonwoods, a walking trail and the city campground · Newman Grove Golf Club, 307 Park Ave. · the city pool on Park Avenue · Shell Creek Valley Days

Events in Newman Grove

Shell Creek Valley Days
Shell Creek Valley Days is held in Newman Grove, Nebraska, on the first weekend of June.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Newman Grove Public Schools: elementary (PreK–6), 703 Hale Ave.; high school (7–12), 101 S. 8th St.

Health care: Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home (nursing home, 45 beds), 109 N. 2nd St., (402) 447-6203; Hospital: Faith Health (formerly Faith Regional Health Services), Norfolk, about 26 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Encyclopaedia Britannica; NEGenWeb Madison County; History Nebraska and its markers; National Register; Madison County; City of Norfolk; City of Newman Grove; City of Battle Creek; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nebraska DHHS; Norfolk Daily News; school districts. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.

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