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Village · Greeley County · Population 224 (2020 census) · ZIP 68882 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 589 (1920)

About Wolbach

Wolbach is a village of 224 people (2020) in the southeastern corner of Greeley County, just north of the Howard County line, at about 1,854 feet. NE 22 runs through the village and US 281 passes just west; St. Paul is about 13 miles south-southwest and Greeley about 12 miles northwest. Wolbach has a post office, churches and a city-park campground on Bluffs Street; students attend Central Valley Public Schools in Greeley and Scotia. Wolbach is on Central Time.

History

Wolbach was founded in 1887 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad built its Palmer–Burwell branch through, and was named for S. N. Wolbach of Grand Island, one of the original owners of the town site. Wolbach had opened a store in Grand Island in 1874 that grew into a department store, served as president of the First National Bank there, and represented Hall County in both houses of the Legislature. In 1890 the town shipped mostly livestock and had a grain elevator, a lumber and coal yard, a hotel, a livery and a hardware store. It reached 589 people in 1920. Wolbach once had its own school district; its students now attend Central Valley Public Schools. The village lies wholly in Greeley County, though the Wolbach community's farm country reaches south into Howard County.

Highways and trails through Wolbach

Route	One way	Other way
NE 22Through the village	West to US 281 and Scotia	East to Fullerton
US 281Just west of the village	North to Greeley	South to St. Paul and Grand Island

Nearby towns

Cushing	about 7 mi south	County roads
Elba	about 12 mi southwest	County roads
Greeley	about 12 mi northwest	US 281
Cotesfield	about 13 mi west-southwest	County roads
St. Paul	about 13 mi south-southwest	US 281
Palmer	about 14 mi south-southeast	County roads
Scotia	about 17 mi west-northwest	NE 22
Belgrade	about 18 mi east-northeast	NE 22
Fullerton	about 22 mi east	NE 22
Grand Island	about 33 mi south	US 281

Things to see

the city-park campground on Bluffs Street · the Nebraska's Junk Jaunt, the last full weekend of September · St. Paul, about 13 miles south-southwest

Schools and health care

Schools: No school in the village; Central Valley Public Schools, 304 N. Shannon St., Greeley, (308) 428-3145

Health care: Nearest hospital: Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul, about 13 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nebraska Who's Who (1940) county history; 1890 and 1917 Nebraska State Gazetteers; Greeley County (history, offices); History Nebraska (markers); National Register nominations (NPGallery); U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Lower Loup NRD; Nebraska Library Commission; Nebraska Extension; Riverside and Central Valley Public Schools; Diocese of Grand Island; KOLN 10/11; VisitNebraska; Nebraska Passport. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.