Hemingford, Nebraska

Hemingford, Nebraska
—  Village  —
Box Butte County Fairgrounds in Hemingford
Location of Hemingford, Nebraska
Coordinates: 42°19′12″N 103°4′25″W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
County	Box Butte
Area
• Total	0.6 sq mi (1.7 km2)
• Land	0.6 sq mi (1.7 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	4,265 ft (1,300 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	803
• Density	1,530.4/sq mi (590.9/km2)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code	69348
Area code(s)	308
FIPS code	31-22045
GNIS feature ID	0829925

Hemingford is a village in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 803 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Hemingford is located at 42°19′12″N 103°4′25″W (42.320048, -103.073475).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 993 people, 373 households, and 258 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,530.4 people per square mile (589.8/km²). There were 438 housing units at an average density of 675.1 per square mile (260.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.15% White, 1.01% Native American, 3.32% from other races, and 2.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.85% of the population.

There were 373 households out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the village the population was spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $35,982, and the median income for a family was $44,167. Males had a median income of $32,159 versus $20,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,944. About 8.8% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

Disasters

The KDUH/CH4 TV Mast was a guyed TV mast constructed near Hemingford in 1969 for TV transmitting, and stood 1,964 feet (599 m) high, at 42°10′21″N 103°13′59″W.

The tower collapsed on September 24, 2002 during reconstruction work. Two tower workers, Lawrence A. Sukalec, 59, of Valier, Illinois, and Daniel E. Goff, 25, of Sesser, Illinois, were killed in the process, and three were injured on the ground. The collapse occurred as strengthening measures were being taken so the 30+ year-old tower could accommodate the added weight of Digital Television transmission facilities. Investigations later found that the contractors neglected to stabilize the tower while original structural components were being replaced with stronger ones.

KDUH resumed full-power broadcasts one year later from a new tower near Angora.

Stephen King's Hemingford Home

Stephen King used a fictionalized version of Hemingford in three of his stories, with the name slightly altered to "Hemingford Home". Hemingford Home is the setting of his novella 1922, and in his post-apocalypse novel The Stand, the town is the home of Abagail Freemantle (Mother Abagail). In the novel It one of the characters, Ben Hanscom, stops at a bar there called The Red Wheel. In addition, Hemingford plays a large role in the Children of the Corn films.