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Village · Adams County · Population 188 (2020 census) · ZIP 68950 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 323 (1910)

About Holstein

Holstein is a village of about 188 people (2020) in southwestern Adams County, at 2,008 feet on NE 74, about 16 miles west-southwest of Hastings and 5 miles west of Roseland. Its high school closed in 1970. Holstein is on Central Time.

History

Holstein was platted on July 22, 1887, when the Kansas City & Omaha Railroad built through, and named for Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, home of many of its settlers. It was incorporated on June 6, 1889, with boundaries so large that it was nicknamed the “Six by Three Town” until a court cut it back in 1915. Holstein peaked at 323 people in 1910. The First State Bank failed in 1931, and the railroad was abandoned in 1985. The Jackson–Einspahr Sod House near Holstein is on the National Register.

Highways and trails through Holstein

Route	One way	Other way
NE 74Through the village	East to Roseland and Ayr	West to Norman and Minden

Nearby towns

Roseland	about 5 mi east	NE 74
Norman	about 7 mi west	NE 74
Heartwell	about 10 mi northwest	County roads
Bladen	about 10 mi south-southeast	County roads
Kenesaw	about 11 mi north	County roads
Ayr	about 11 mi east	NE 74
Juniata	about 11 mi northeast	County roads
Hastings	about 16 mi east-northeast	NE 74 and US 281
Minden	about 17 mi west	NE 74

Things to see

the Jackson–Einspahr Sod House (National Register; private)

Health care

Nearest hospital: Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, about 16 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Adams County (adamscountyne.gov); City of Hastings; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Past and Present of Adams County (1916); NEGenWeb Adams County; History Nebraska (Naval Ammunition Depot, Kool-Aid, Crystal Lake markers); National Park Service; National Register; Amtrak; Nebraska Game and Parks; Hastings Visitors Guide (CVB); Nebraska 211; KSNB; KRVN; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.