Assumption, Nebraska

Assumption is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°30′36″N 98°34′20″W
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyAdams
Elevation
1,975 ft (602 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)402
GNIS feature ID827098[1]

History

A colony of German Catholics settled near Assumption circa 1873.[2] The name Assumption is derived from the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, established in the 1880s.[3]

Notes

  1. "Assumption, Nebraska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Burton, William R. & Lewis, David J. (1916). Past and Present of Adams County, Nebraska, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 264.
  3. "Assumption". Adams County Nebraska Historical Society. Retrieved 22 April 2014.


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