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Village · Frontier County · Population 389 (2020 census) · ZIP 69028 · Founded 1886 · Peak population 497 (1930)

About Eustis

Eustis is a village of 389 people (2020) in northeastern Frontier County, on NE 23 at 2,644 feet. NE 21 begins just east of town and runs north to Cozad and I-80, about 14 miles. Eustis shares Eustis-Farnam Public Schools with Farnam in Dawson County and has a clinic run by Cozad Community Health System. Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area, just over the line in Dawson County, is about 6 miles north-northeast. Eustis is on Central Time.

History

A post office called Somerset opened here in 1884. When the Burlington built through in 1886, the Lincoln Land Company bought the townsite and named it for P. S. Eustis, a Burlington passenger agent, and the post office took the new name; the village was incorporated in 1888. Settled largely by Germans, Eustis was named the “Sausage Capital of Nebraska” by a 1993 legislative resolution and celebrates Wurst Tag on the second Saturday of June. Two prominent Nebraskans were born here: Ralph G. Brooks (1898–1960), governor from 1959 until his death in office, and Clayton Yeutter (born 1930), U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Agriculture from 1989 to 1991. The village peaked at 497 people in 1930.

Highways and trails through Eustis

Route	One way	Other way
NE 23Through the village	East to Elwood area	West to Farnam, Moorefield and Curtis
NE 21Begins about 1 mile east of town	North to Cozad and I-80 (Exit 222)

Nearby towns

Farnam	about 10 mi west-northwest	NE 23
Elwood	about 10 mi east-southeast	NE 23 and US 283
Cozad	about 14 mi north	NE 21
Gothenburg	about 19 mi north-northwest	NE 23 and NE 47
Moorefield	about 20 mi west	NE 23
Stockville	about 21 mi west-southwest	NE 23 and NE 18
Curtis	about 25 mi west	NE 23
Arapahoe	about 26 mi south-southeast	US 283
Cambridge	about 27 mi south-southwest	county roads

Things to see

Wurst Tag, on the second Saturday of June · Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area (Dawson County), about 6 miles north-northeast · Midway Canyon Reservoir (Dawson County), about 8 miles north

Events in Eustis

Eustis Fair and Corn Show
Eustis community fair and corn show, held in early August.
Wurst Tag
Wurst Tag is held in Eustis, Nebraska, on the second Saturday in June.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Eustis-Farnam Public Schools, 504 N. Ingalls St., (308) 486-3991: Elementary School at Eustis (PK–6) and Eustis-Farnam High School (7–12)

Health care: Eustis Community Medical Clinic, 106 E. Railroad St. (Cozad Community Health System; open part of the week)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Frontier County (co.frontier.ne.us); City of Curtis; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Southwest Nebraska Genealogical Society place names; History Nebraska; HMdb; National Register; Nebraska Game and Parks; Bureau of Reclamation; NCTA; Nebraska Legislature (LR 10, 1993); McCook Gazette; Nebraska Life; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.