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Village · Lincoln County · Population 1,313 (2020 census) · ZIP 69165 · Founded 1891 · Peak population 1,313 (2020)

About Sutherland

Sutherland is a village of 1,313 people (2020), at its largest ever, in western Lincoln County at about 2,956 feet. US 30, the Lincoln Highway, runs through town beside the Union Pacific main line, I-80 passes just south, and NE 25 leads south past Sutherland Reservoir to Wallace. Sutherland has its own schools, a public library, a pool, a post office and the Fourth of July rodeo. Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, about 3,000 surface acres, lies just south, with the nine-hole Oregon Trail Golf Course on its north shore. Sutherland is on Central Time.

History

Emigrants on the Oregon–California Trail passed here along the south bank of the South Platte, and the O’Fallon’s Bluff stage station stood on that stretch; in 1864 the Army dug a ditch and built stockade corrals there. The wagon ruts near the I-80 rest area east of town are among the best preserved on the trail and have been on the National Register since 1974. Sutherland itself was platted in 1891 after the Union Pacific had been built through, and it grew slowly as an irrigated farming town. The Sutherland State Aid Bridge over the North Platte, 4 miles north, is also on the National Register. Baseball outfielder Cliff Mapes was born here. The village has kept growing, from 1,129 people in 2000 to 1,313 in 2020.

Highways and trails through Sutherland

Route	One way	Other way
US 30Through town, the Lincoln Highway	East to Hershey and North Platte	West to Paxton and Ogallala
NE 25South from US 30	South to Sutherland Reservoir and Wallace

Nearby towns

Hershey	about 7 mi east	US 30
Paxton	about 12 mi west-southwest	US 30
North Platte	about 19 mi east	US 30
Wallace	about 22 mi south	NE 25
Keystone	about 24 mi west	I-80 and NE 61
Tryon	about 29 mi north-northeast	NE 97
Ogallala	about 31 mi west	I-80
Maxwell	about 32 mi east	US 30
Wellfleet	about 35 mi southeast	I-80 and US 83

Things to see

Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, just south · the O’Fallon’s Bluff wagon ruts, about 7 miles east · the Sutherland State Aid Bridge on the North Platte, 4 miles north · the Oregon Trail Golf Course

Schools and health care

Schools: Sutherland Public Schools, 401 Walnut St., (308) 386-4656

Health care: Nearest hospital: Great Plains Health, 601 W. Leota St., North Platte, (308) 568-8000, about 19 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Lincoln County (co.lincoln.ne.us); History Nebraska and HMdb markers; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); 1890 Nebraska State Gazetteer; NEGenWeb Lincoln County; National Archives (North Platte Canteen); National Register; VA National Cemetery Administration; Nebraska Game and Parks; Golden Spike Tower; NEBRASKAland Days; AirNav; KNOP; North Platte Chamber; SchoolDigger. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.