Brandon Nebraska - Nebraska Directory

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Unincorporated community · Perkins County · Founded 1887

About Brandon

Brandon is an unincorporated community on NE 23 and the NKC railroad in western Perkins County, in Lisbon precinct, about 10 miles west-southwest of Grant and 7 miles east-northeast of Venango.

History

Brandon began as a station on the Burlington line built west in 1887. The 1890 gazetteer described it as a station on the "Cheyenne branch of the B. & M." eight and a half miles east of the Colorado line, recently made a post office; the post office opened in 1890 and was still open in 1930. The name may honor a railroad official or come from Brandon, Ohio.

Nearby Lisbon, a station "seven miles from Grant" with about 20 people and Isaac Hart's store and post office in 1890, was one of the three towns that competed for the county seat in 1888. It was gone by 1912, but its name survives in Lisbon precinct. The District 8 country school, which stood west of Brandon, was moved to the Perkins County Museum in Grant, and Scoular still runs a grain site here.

Highways and trails through Brandon

Route	One way	Other way
NE 23East–west past Brandon	East to Grant (about 10 mi)	West to Venango (about 7 mi) and the Colorado line

Nearby towns

Venango	about 7 mi west-southwest	NE 23
Grant	about 10 mi east-northeast	NE 23
Lamar	about 16 mi south-southwest	County roads
Madrid	about 20 mi east	NE 23
Imperial	about 25 mi southeast	NE 23 and NE 61

Things to see

The Scoular elevator · the District 8 country school from west of Brandon, now at the Perkins County Museum, 605 Central Ave., Grant

Schools and health care

Schools: Nearest schools: Perkins County Schools: Perkins County Elementary (PK–6), 419 Logan Ave., and Perkins County Junior-Senior High School (7–12), 740 Sherman Ave., both in Grant, (308) 352-4735, about 10 mi

Health care: Nearest hospital: Perkins County Health Services, 900 Lincoln Ave., Grant, (308) 352-7245, a 20-bed critical access hospital, about 10 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Lilian L. Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890–91); Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; History Nebraska (Perkins County records; Perkins County Museum spotlight); National Register of Historic Places nominations (Perkins County Courthouse, Grant Commercial Historic District, Grant City Park, Venango Public School); Nebraska Association of County Officials; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Nebraska Department of Revenue; OmniTRAX; Grant Tribune-Sentinel; Nebraska DHHS rosters; Perkins County and school, hospital and library websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.