Dakota Junction, Nebraska

Dakota Junction, Nebraska
Unincorporated community
Dakota Junction
Location within Nebraska
Dakota Junction
Dakota Junction (the US)
Coordinates: 42°51′35″N 103°05′39″W / 42.85972°N 103.09417°W / 42.85972; -103.09417Coordinates: 42°51′35″N 103°05′39″W / 42.85972°N 103.09417°W / 42.85972; -103.09417
Country United States
State Nebraska
County Dawes
Elevation 3,241 ft (988 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 308
GNIS feature ID 835540[1]

Dakota Junction is an unincorporated community located in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

History

Dakota Junction was so named from its location at a rail junction, with trains headed for Wyoming or South Dakota.[2][3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Dakota Junction, Nebraska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ 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. 62.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 49. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.


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