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Village · Butler County · Population 356 (2020 census) · ZIP 68658 · Founded 1878 · Peak population 610 (1890)

About Rising City

Rising City is a village of 356 people (2020) in western Butler County, at 1,591 feet on NE 92, about 3 miles east of US 81 and 10 miles west-southwest of David City. It has the Rising City Library, a Cornerstone Bank branch and a Central Valley Ag elevator; students attend Shelby-Rising City Public Schools in Shelby. Nebraska’s 2020 center of population lies about 4½ miles east-southeast. Rising City is on Central Time.

History

Rising City was established in 1878 when the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad (Union Pacific) built across the county, on land given by Samuel W. Rising and his son Albert W. Rising, 40 acres each, for whom it is named. Its brick Opera Block, finished in 1892, burned in 1923. The village reached its peak of 610 people in 1890. CliffsNotes founder Clifton Hillegass was born here in 1918, and so was Walter Judd (1898), the medical missionary to China who represented Minnesota in Congress from 1943 to 1963.

Highways and trails through Rising City

Route	One way	Other way
NE 92East–west through the village	West to US 81, Shelby and Osceola	East to David City

Nearby towns

Millerton	about 4 mi east	County roads
Surprise	about 6 mi south	County roads
Shelby	about 7 mi west	NE 92
Garrison	about 7 mi east-southeast	County roads
David City	about 10 mi east-northeast	NE 92
Ulysses	about 10 mi south-southeast	County roads
Bellwood	about 10 mi north-northeast	County roads
Osceola	about 13 mi west	NE 92
Columbus	about 16 mi north-northwest	US 81

Things to see

the Rising City Library, 250 Garhan Ave.

Schools and health care

Schools: Shelby-Rising City Public Schools, in Shelby, (402) 527-5946

Health care: Hospital: Butler County Health Care Center, David City, about 10 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890), NEGenWeb Butler County; Butler County; City of David City; History Nebraska markers; National Register; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Lower Platte South NRD; Nebraska Secretary of State; Nebraska Library Commission; TrailLink; Visit Nebraska; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.