O'Connor, Nebraska
O'Connor is an unincorporated community in Greeley County, Nebraska, in the United States.[1]
History
O'Connor was founded in 1877 by a colony of Irish Catholics.[2] It was named for Bishop James O'Connor, a member of the Catholic Colonization Association.[2][3]
O'Connor was once candidate for county seat.[4]
A post office in O'Connor operated from 1880 until 1904.[5]
As of 2014, O'Connor consists solely of a Catholic church and its attendant parsonage. Nearby are occasional farm houses.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: O'Connor, Nebraska
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Theron E. Sedgwick (1921). York County, Nebraska and Its People: Together with a Condensed History of the State. S.J. Clarke. p. 115.
- ↑ Julius Sterling Morton; Albert Watkins; George L. Miller (1907). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. J. North. p. 444.
- ↑ "O'Connor, Greeley County". Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies. University of Nebraska. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Greeley County". Jim Forte Postal History.
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Coordinates: 41°30′38″N 98°28′26″W / 41.51056°N 98.47389°W