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Village · Nemaha County · Population 123 (2020 census) · ZIP 68320 · Founded 1854 · Peak population 543 (1900)

About Brock

Brock is a village of 123 in northwestern Nemaha County, on NE 67 by the Little Nemaha River, where NE 105 ends just west of town, about 9 miles northwest of Auburn and 5 miles north-northeast of Johnson.

History

The town was laid out in November 1854 as Dayton, and George Shroap, the first settler, came in the fall of 1855; the Dayton post office ran from 1856 to 1859. It was later called Howard, for Howard Bradley, then Clinton, for Clinton, Iowa, and, as a joke, Podunk. When the Missouri Pacific began running trains through in February 1882, the town was renamed Brock for a railroad official, and in 1882 it had about 200 people and 26 new buildings. D. C. Sanders had built a grist mill in 1867 and a sawmill in 1870.

Brock reached 543 people in 1900. A brick school built in 1905 burned in 1925 and was rebuilt; it closed in 2003, and students now go to Johnson. The Little Nemaha flooded the town in 1883, 1924, 1928, 1941 and 1951, and its channel was straightened in 1912. Coryell Park, between Brock and Johnson, with the Coryell family mausoleum, was given to the public in 1934.

Highways and trails through Brock

Route	One way	Other way
NE 67Past the village	Northwest to Talmage and Lorton	East to US 75, then Peru and Brownville
NE 105North end at NE 67 just west of town	South to Johnson and US 136	Ends at NE 67

Nearby towns

Glenrock	about 4.4 mi southeast	County roads
Talmage	about 4.9 mi northwest	NE 67
Johnson	about 5 mi south-southwest	NE 105
Julian	about 6 mi east-northeast	NE 67 and US 75
Auburn	about 9 mi southeast	NE 67 and US 75
Lorton	about 9 mi north-northwest	NE 67
Peru	about 12 mi east	NE 67
Cook	about 11 mi west	County roads

Things to see

Coryell Park and Mausoleum, between Brock and Johnson (public since 1934) · Brock United Methodist Church and Brock Christian Church · Lafayette Cemetery · Glenrock, the old quarry and ice-shipping station, about 4 mi southeast

Schools and health care

Schools: Johnson-Brock Public Schools: Elementary School at Johnson (PK–5), Johnson-Brock Junior High School (6–8) and High School at Johnson (9–12), all at 310 Main St., Johnson

Health care: No clinic in Brock; Nemaha County Hospital, 2022 13th St., Auburn, 402-274-4366 (critical access hospital, 24-hour emergency room)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Nemaha County Beauty-Bounty (1967); History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nemaha NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; city, village, school, library and museum websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.