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| ⚫ | selected the name Factoryville, along with the name Nehawka for a neighboring town.<ref>Sheldon, A.E., Sellers, J.L. and Olson, J.C. (1918) ''Nebraska History.'' Nebraska State Historical Society. p 82.</ref>e construction of the railroad on the opposite side of [[Weeping Water Creek]] from Factoryville led to the demise of the town, and by the 1890s there were only empty buildings.<ref>[[Federal Writers Project]]. (1939) ''Nebraska.'' Nebraska State Historical Society. p 270.</ref> |
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'''Factoryville''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass County]], [[Nebraska]], United States.<ref>{{gnis|1897821}}</ref> Located approximately halfway between [[Union, Nebraska|Union]] and [[Nehawka, Nebraska|Nehawka]], the town straddled the Lincoln-Union Highway and neighbored a smaller village called Mount Pleasant. It once featured a flour mill, stores, hotels, a post office, and a [[Methodist]] college called Factoryville College. Founded in the late 1850s, in 1873 its name was changed to '''Union Mills''', and in 1880 it was changed back to Factoryville.<ref>Perkey, E. (1982) ''Perkey's Nebraska Place-names''. [[Nebraska State Historical Society]]. p 30.</ref> The post office was established in the late 1860s when a local named Isaac Pollard was traveling to the [[Eastern United States]]. Along the way he stopped in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he selected the name Factoryville, along with the name Nehawka for a neighboring town.<ref>Sheldon, A.E., Sellers, J.L. and Olson, J.C. (1918) ''Nebraska History.'' Nebraska State Historical Society. p 82.</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:55, 21 September 2018
Factoryville, Nebraska | |
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  Factoryville Location within the state of Nebraska  Factoryville Factoryville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°48′N 95°58′W / 40.800°N 95.967°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Cass |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 402 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1897821 |
selected the name Factoryville, along with the name Nehawka for a neighboring town.[1]e construction of the railroad on the opposite side of Weeping Water Creek from Factoryville led to the demise of the town, and by the 1890s there were only empty buildings.[2]
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- ^ Sheldon, A.E., Sellers, J.L. and Olson, J.C. (1918) Nebraska History. Nebraska State Historical Society. p 82.
- ^ Federal Writers Project. (1939) Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. p 270.
Apes photo studio was founded in this loveing town in 1870 by april woods how traviled back in time to see it
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