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Village · Gage County · Population 263 (2020 census) · ZIP 68328 · Founded 1892 · Peak population 296 (1990)

About Clatonia

Clatonia is a village of 263 in northwestern Gage County on NE 41, about 6 miles east of Wilber and 25 miles southwest of Lincoln. It is in the Wilber-Clatonia school district, whose schools are in Wilber.

History

German farmers settled along Clatonia Creek from about 1869, and a rural Clatonia post office dates from 1874. Henry Albert and J. H. Steinmeyer founded the town on the Rock Island's new Chicago–Denver line; it was surveyed in 1892, the plat was filed on December 3, 1893, and the village incorporated about 1893 with Steinmeyer as board chairman. The name comes from the creek. Wilber and Clatonia high schools merged in 1970. The population reached its peak, 296, in 1990.

Highways and trails through Clatonia

Route	One way	Other way
NE 41East–west through the village	East to US 77 near Cortland and on to Adams	West to Wilber

Nearby towns

Wilber	about 6 mi west	NE 41
DeWitt	about 6 mi southwest	County roads
Hallam	about 6 mi northeast	County roads
Cortland	about 8 mi east-northeast	NE 41 and US 77
Pickrell	about 9 mi southeast	County roads
Beatrice	about 15 mi south-southeast	NE 41 and US 77

Things to see

The Clatonia recreation area of the Lower Big Blue NRD, 155 acres, 1 mi north · Zion Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran and Immanuel cemeteries

Schools and health care

Schools: Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools, 900 S. Franklin St., Wilber (no school in Clatonia)

Health care: No clinic in Clatonia; Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center, 4800 Hospital Pkwy. (US 77 North), Beatrice, 402-228-3344 (critical access hospital with a 24-hour emergency department)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Dobbs, History of Gage County (1918); National Park Service; History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Big Blue NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; city, village, school, museum and hospital websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.