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Village · Fillmore County · Population 34 (2020 census) · ZIP 68444 · Founded 1886 · Peak population 269 (1890)

About Strang

Strang is a village of 34 people (2020) in southern Fillmore County, at 1,627 feet along US 81 just south of NE 74, about 8 miles south of Geneva; Spur 30D is its Main Street. The A. L. Strang windmill still stands in the middle of Main Street, and the village has two National Register buildings and the Strang Museum. Strang is on Central Time.

History

The railroad town was called Media and then Bixby before it was renamed in April 1886 for A. L. Strang, a windmill dealer who gave a windmill for the railroad’s water pump. Strang incorporated on November 3, 1886, and had 269 people at the 1890 census, its peak. Fires on October 10, 1899, and July 12, 1934, destroyed parts of the business district. The brick school was built in 1929–30 after an October 1928 fire; it taught high school until 1951 and closed in 2007.

Highways and trails through Strang

Route	One way	Other way
US 81North–south past the village	North to Geneva	South to Bruning
NE 74Just north of the village	West toward Shickley	East toward Ohiowa

Nearby towns

Bruning	about 6 mi south-southeast	US 81
Ohiowa	about 7 mi east	NE 74
Shickley	about 7 mi west	NE 74
Geneva	about 8 mi north	US 81
Milligan	about 12 mi east-northeast	County roads

Things to see

the Belle Prairie Township Hall and Strang Town Hall–Jail and the Strang School District No. 36, Main St. (National Register, 1991 and 1992) · the Strang Museum in the 1889 Hamilton Township Hall, moved here in 1984 (by appointment) · the A. L. Strang windmill on Main Street

Health care

Hospital: Fillmore County Hospital, Geneva, about 8 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.