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Village · Howard County · Population 37 (2020 census) · ZIP 68873 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 141 (1930)

About Cushing

Cushing is a village of about 37 people (2020) in northeastern Howard County, at about 1,791 feet, about 7 miles northeast of St. Paul, whose ZIP code (68873) it shares. Wolbach is about 7 miles north and Palmer about 8 miles southeast. Cushing is on Central Time.

History

Cushing was founded in 1887 when the Burlington built its Palmer–Burwell branch through, and named for James Cushing, a pioneer settler. In 1890 it had a grain elevator, a flour mill and the John Glass hotel. Nebraska's first commercial poultry hatchery opened here in 1901 and moved to St. Paul in 1922. The village counted 141 people in 1930.

Nearby towns

St. Paul	about 7 mi southwest	County roads and US 281
Wolbach	about 7 mi north	County roads
Palmer	about 8 mi southeast	County roads
Elba	about 10 mi west	County roads
Archer	about 15 mi southeast	County roads
Greeley	about 19 mi north-northwest	US 281
Grand Island	about 26 mi south	US 281

Things to see

St. Paul, about 7 miles southwest · the Loup River country to the south

Schools and health care

Schools: St. Paul Public Schools (likely; check district lines)

Health care: Nearest: Howard County Medical Center, 1113 Sherman St., St. Paul, about 7 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); 1890–91 Nebraska State Gazetteer; Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); Howard County (history, offices); History Nebraska (markers); National Register listings; NEGenWeb and the UNL Czech Heritage Project; Nebraska Game and Parks; SABR; U.S. Air Force biographies; KOLN 10/11; KSNB; Central Nebraska Today; VisitNebraska; Nebraska Passport. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.