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Village · Fillmore County · Population 343 (2020 census) · ZIP 68436 · Founded 1886 · Peak population 429 (1910)

About Shickley

Shickley is a village of 343 people (2020) in southwestern Fillmore County, at 1,650 feet about 10 miles southwest of Geneva. It has its own K–12 Shickley Public Schools and the Virgil Biegert Public Library, and the Mallard Haven and the Redhead and Sora wildlife areas are close by. Shickley is on Central Time.

History

Swedish settlers from Moline, Illinois, organized the Stockholm Lutheran congregation southwest of here in 1875. The Burlington & Missouri River line reached the townsite in April 1886; the town was named for county judge Benjamin Franklin Shickley, whose son Vincent, a Burlington attorney, secured the rights-of-way and townsites. Shickley incorporated on March 20, 1888, with about 200 people, and reached its peak of 429 in 1910. The two-story brick school of 1908 still stands.

Highways and trails through Shickley

Route	One way	Other way
NE 74East–west across southern Fillmore County	West toward Ong and Clay County	East toward Strang and US 81

Nearby towns

Ong	about 6 mi west-southwest	County roads
Strang	about 7 mi east	NE 74
Davenport	about 8 mi south-southwest	County roads
Bruning	about 10 mi east-southeast	County roads
Geneva	about 10 mi northeast	County roads
Ohiowa	about 14 mi east	NE 74
Grafton	about 15 mi north	County roads
Sutton	about 15 mi north-northwest	County roads

Things to see

the Stockholm Swedish Lutheran Church and Cemetery, 2½ miles west and ½ mile south (National Register, 1995), with a marker on NE 74 · Mallard Haven WPA, 2 miles north (1,245 acres) · Redhead WMA, 5 miles west · Sora WMA, 3½ miles east and 2½ south · Krause WPA

Schools and health care

Schools: Shickley Public Schools, 104 E. Murray St.: elementary (PK–6) and high school (7–12)

Health care: Hospital: Fillmore County Hospital, Geneva, about 10 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); History Nebraska Fillmore County historic buildings survey (2020) and markers; National Register; Nebraska Game and Parks; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; UNL climate records; Nebraska Secretary of State; Nebraska Department of Education; Fillmore County; City of Geneva; Nebraska 211; Visit Nebraska. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.