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Village · Otoe County · Population 35 (2020 census) · ZIP 68382 · Founded 1881 · Peak population 115 (1910)

About Lorton

Lorton is a village of 35 in southern Otoe County, where NE 67 and NE 128 run together, about 10 miles west-southwest of Nebraska City and 4.5 miles north of Talmage. Some Lorton addresses use the Dunbar ZIP code, 68346.

History

Lorton was platted in 1881 as Delta, and the Delta post office opened in 1882. Because Kansas already had a Delta, the Missouri Pacific called its station Cio, so for years mail went to Delta and freight to Cio. In 1894 the town took the name of Robert Lorton, a well-liked wholesale grocery salesman from Nebraska City. Four trains a day ran on the Talmage–Weeping Water line, and early Lorton had a bank, a hotel, an opera house, two elevators and a Baptist church.

Several businesses closed in the 1930s and World War II, and the 1950 flood washed out the tracks and ended rail service. The hamlet of Paul lies east of Lorton on NE 128.

Highways and trails through Lorton

Route	One way	Other way
NE 67 / NE 128Together through the village; split at 48th Rd.	NE 67 north to Dunbar and NE 2; NE 128 east past Paul to US 75 at Nebraska City	NE 67 south to Talmage; NE 128 west to NE 50 at Syracuse

Nearby towns

Talmage	about 4.5 mi south	NE 67
Dunbar	about 4.9 mi north	NE 67
Nebraska City	about 10 mi east-northeast	NE 128
Syracuse	about 9 mi west-northwest	NE 128
Brock	about 9 mi south-southeast	NE 67
Cook	about 9 mi southwest	County roads
Otoe	about 10 mi north-northwest	County roads
Camp Creek	about 12 mi east	County roads

Things to see

Lorton Lounge & Keno, 8 Cypress St. · A-1 Auto Sales, 5 W. South St. · St. John's Church and cemetery, 4403 O Rd., about 1.6 mi southwest · a National Register county bridge (1992) about 4 mi southwest

Schools and health care

Schools: Johnson County Central Public Schools (buildings in Tecumseh and Cook)

Health care: No clinic in Lorton; the nearest hospitals are in Nebraska City and Syracuse

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Johnson, History of Nebraska (1880); History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Nebraska DHHS hospital roster; village, school, library and museum websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.