Dannevirke is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Nebraska, United States.[1]
Dannevirke, Nebraska | |
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 Dannevirke Community Hall | |
  Dannevirke, Nebraska  Dannevirke, Nebraska | |
| Coordinates: 41°18′N 98°42′W / 41.3°N 98.7°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| County | Howard |
History
editA post office was established at Dannevirke in the 1880s.[2] A majority of the early settlers being natives of Denmark caused the name of Dannevirke, for the old Danish fortification, to be selected.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dannevirke, Nebraska
- ^ "Howard County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Hickey, Donald R.; Wunder, Susan A.; Wunder, John R. (2007). Nebraska Moments. U of Nebraska Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-8032-1572-X.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939). Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. WPA. p. 293. ISBN 0-8032-6918-8.
41°19′21″N 98°42′30″W / 41.32250°N 98.70833°W
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