41°38′28″N 103°40′30″W / 41.641°N 103.675°W
Ashford, Nebraska | |
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  Ashford, Nebraska  Ashford, Nebraska | |
| Coordinates: 41°38′N 103°40′W / 41.64°N 103.67°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| County | Banner |
Ashford, now a ghost town, was a community in Banner County, Nebraska, United States. Ashford was named after its first postmaster, William Ashford.[1]
Named the temporary county seat of Banner County on 25 January 1889, it possessed a post office that opened in October 1888 and closed on 24 July 1902.[2]
Ashford was located on Pumpkin Creek,[2] approximately one mile south of Funnel Rock, near the present-day intersection of Nebraska Highway 71, Nebraska Highway 88 (western portion), and Pumpkin Creek Road.[3]
References
edit- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 17. ISBN 0803250606.
- ^ a b Post Offices of Banner County, Rootsweb Nebraska Genweb for Banner County, 1998-04-18. Accessed 2007-12-26.
- ^ "Nebraska, Scotts Bluff Quadrangle". U.S. Geological Survey. July 6, 1898. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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