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Unincorporated community · Morrill County · ZIP 69336 · Founded 1900

About Northport

Northport is an unincorporated community on the north bank of the North Platte River in Morrill County, about a mile north-northeast of downtown Bridgeport across the US 26/US 385 river bridge. It has no post office of its own and uses Bridgeport addresses. Northport is on Mountain Time.

History

Northport was named for its place on the north bank of the river. It grew up as a railroad point about 1900, and its post office operated from 1910 to 1975. The Northport Herald, started in February 1911, moved across the river in 1913 to become the Bridgeport Herald.

Highways and trails through Northport

Route	One way	Other way
US 26 / US 385Cross the river to Bridgeport	North on US 385 to Angora and Alliance	South into Bridgeport

Nearby towns

Bridgeport	about 1 mi south-southwest	US 26 and US 385
Angora	about 12 mi north	US 385
Bayard	about 13 mi west-northwest	US 26
Broadwater	about 13 mi east-southeast	US 26
Alliance	about 31 mi north-northeast	US 385

Things to see

Bridgeport, across the river · the Camp Clarke Bridge site, about 4 miles west

Schools and health care

Schools: Bridgeport Public Schools, about 1 mi

Health care: Nearest hospital: Morrill County Community Hospital, 1313 S St., Bridgeport, (308) 262-1616, about 1.5 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Morrill County (morrillcountyne.gov); City of Bridgeport; City of Bayard; Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); NEGenWeb Morrill County; National Register nominations; History Nebraska; NPS; HMdb; Nebraska Game and Parks; NDOT; Nebraska DHHS; NE211; UNL Extension; westnebraska.com; Bridgeport News-Blade; Alliance Times. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.