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Village · Seward County · Population 840 (2020 census) · ZIP 68456 · Founded 1877 · Peak population 861 (2010)

About Utica

Utica is a village of 840 people (2020) in western Seward County, at 1,598 feet about midway between Seward and York and a mile from the York County line; I-80 Exit 366 is signed for Utica. It is home to Centennial Public Schools, which serves Utica, Beaver Crossing and Waco, and the Utica Family Medical Center. The North Lake Basin and Shypoke wildlife areas and the Freeman Lakes Waterfowl Production Area are close by. Utica is on Central Time.

History

Utica was laid out in August 1877 as a station on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, midway between Seward and York, and took the precinct’s name, which came from Utica, New York. Standard & Jones put up the first building and store that month, and Soren Thygeson opened a hardware store in October. The Methodist congregation, organized in 1872, moved into town in 1878. Utica reached its largest population, 861, in 2010. Evangelist F. F. Bosworth, a founder of the Assemblies of God, was born near Utica in 1877, and NFL center Quentin Neujahr played at Centennial High School.

Highways and trails through Utica

Route	One way	Other way
I-80Exit 366 (Link 80F) to Utica	West to York	East to Seward and Lincoln

Nearby towns

Waco	about 6 mi west	County roads
Tamora	about 6 mi east	US 34
Goehner	about 8 mi east-southeast	I-80
Beaver Crossing	about 9 mi south-southeast	County roads
Staplehurst	about 11 mi east-northeast	County roads
Cordova	about 12 mi south	County roads
Seward	about 13 mi east	US 34
York	about 13 mi west	US 34 or I-80

Things to see

North Lake Basin WMA, about half a mile north · Shypoke WMA, half a mile southeast · the Freeman Lakes WPA, 1 mile west and 1½ miles north · Utica City Park

Schools and health care

Schools: Centennial Public Schools (Utica, Beaver Crossing and Waco): elementary, middle and high school at 1301 Centennial Ave., (402) 534-2321

Health care: Utica Family Medical Center (Memorial Health Care Systems), 100 Fourth St., (402) 534-2081; Hospital: Memorial Health Care Systems, Seward, about 13 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Cox, History of Seward County (1905); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890); History Nebraska markers; National Register; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Nebraska Game and Parks; NOAA; Seward County; City of Seward; City of Milford; Village of Staplehurst; Village of Bee; Cultivate Seward County; Southeast Community College; Concordia University. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.