Crowell, Nebraska

Crowell is an unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska, in the United States.^[1]

History

Crowell was laid out in 1883.^[2] It was either named for a settler who established the first grain elevator,^[3] or for Prince S. Crowell, a railroad official.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crowell, Nebraska
↑ William Henry Buss; Thomas T. Osterman (1921). History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska, and Their People. American Historical Society. p. 266.
↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 54. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
↑ Company, Chicago and North Western Railway (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 61.

Municipalities and communities of Dodge County, Nebraska, United States

County seat: Fremont

Cities	Fremont Hooper North Bend Scribner

Villages	Dodge Inglewood Nickerson Snyder Uehling Winslow

Townships	Cotterell Cuming Elkhorn Everett Hooper Logan Maple Nickerson Pebble Platte Pleasant Valley Ridgeley Union Webster

CDPs	Ames Fontanelle‡

Unincorporated communities	Centerville Crowell Everett Pleasant Valley Purple Cane Ridgeley Webster

Ghost towns	Glencoe Pebble

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°43′41″N 96°42′28″W / 41.72806°N 96.70778°W / 41.72806; -96.70778

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