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City · Saunders County · Population 1,347 (2020 census) · ZIP 68073 · Founded 1876

About Yutan

Yutan is a city of 1,347 in eastern Saunders County, on the north side of NE 92 near the Platte River, about 24 miles west of Omaha. It has Yutan Public Schools, the public library and a sports complex, and holds Yutan Days each summer.

History

The Otoe and Missouria had a village on Clear Creek about a mile and a half southeast of town from about 1768 to 1835. The Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad platted a townsite here in 1876 and called it Clear Creek, and the Headland post office moved in. On June 6, 1884, the town was renamed for Ietan (Itan), an Otoe chief, to avoid confusion with another Clear Creek. A Burlington line from Ashland toward Sioux City crossed the town in 1905–06; the depots closed in 1954 and 1958.

The Easter Sunday tornado of March 23, 1913, which formed near Mead, struck Yutan when it had about 350 people. The town has grown with the Omaha area: from 168 people in 1890 to 1,216 in 2000 and 1,347, its highest count, in 2020.

Highways and trails through Yutan

Route	One way	Other way
NE 92Along the south edge of town	East across the Platte toward Omaha	West through Mead to Wahoo (about 12 mi)

Nearby towns

Mead	about 4.8 mi west-southwest	NE 92
Leshara	about 6 mi north-northwest	County roads and NE 64
Wann	about 7 mi south-southeast	County roads
Valley	about 5 mi north-northeast	County roads
Ithaca	about 9 mi southwest	County roads
Wahoo	about 12 mi west	NE 92
Fremont	about 14 mi north-northwest	County roads
Ashland	about 14 mi south	County roads
Omaha	about 24 mi east	NE 92

Events in Yutan

Yutan Days
Yutan Days is held in Yutan, Nebraska, in mid-summer (July or August).

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Schools and health care

Schools: Yutan Public Schools: Yutan Elementary, 902 2nd St., and Yutan High School, 1200 2nd St.

Health care: Nearest hospitals in Wahoo (about 12 mi), Fremont (about 14 mi) and Omaha

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Phillips, Past and Present of Saunders County (1915); Saunders County, Nebraska History (1983, NEGenWeb); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Platte North NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation. Distances marked "about" are estimates.