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Village · Richardson County · Population 163 (2020 census) · ZIP 68437 · Founded 1883 · Peak population 404 (1940)

About Shubert

Shubert is a village of 163 in northern Richardson County, on NE 62 just west of its end at NE 67. It is the mailing address of Indian Cave State Park, reached by NE 67 north and spur S-64E east.

History

The village began as a Burlington station on the land of Henry W. Shubert (1834–1909), a Kentuckian who came to Nebraska in 1865, bought land on the former Half-Breed Reservation, and is credited with planting the state's first commercial orchard and being the first in Nebraska to use a spraying machine and ship apples in barrels. The town was platted in 1883 on the Nebraska City branch of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. The population peaked at 404 in 1940.

The Prairie Union Baptist church, organized nearby in 1867, was the first congregation in this part of the county. St. Anne's Catholic church moved into Shubert after a 1940 fire destroyed the rural church about 3 miles southeast, where its cemetery remains. Shubert was part of the Southeast Nebraska Consolidated schools until they merged into HTRS in 2009.

Highways and trails through Shubert

Route	One way	Other way
NE 62East–west through the village	East to NE 67 just east of town	West to Stella and US 75
NE 67North–south just east of the village	North to spur S-64E (Indian Cave State Park), Nemaha and Brownville	South to US 73 near Verdon

Nearby towns

Stella	about 4.7 mi west	NE 62
Barada	about 6 mi east-southeast	County roads
Verdon	about 6 mi south-southwest	NE 67
Nemaha	about 7 mi north	NE 67
St. Deroin	about 6 mi east-northeast	NE 67 and S-64E
Dawson	about 11 mi southwest	NE 62 and US 75
Salem	about 11 mi south-southwest	County roads
Brownville	about 11 mi north	NE 67
Falls City	about 13 mi south-southeast	NE 67 and US 73
Auburn	about 14 mi northwest	NE 62 and US 75

Things to see

Indian Cave State Park, 65296 720 Rd.: 3,052 acres on the Missouri bluffs, with petroglyphs seen from a boardwalk, 22 miles of hiking and biking trails, 16 miles of horse trails, the Ash Grove and Hackberry Hollow campgrounds, the restored St. Deroin school and Haunted Hollow each October (state park permit required) · Shubert Public Library and museum, 313 Main St. · St. Anne Catholic Church, 507 Main St. · St. Ann's Catholic Cemetery, about 2.7 mi southeast · Prairie Union Cemetery · the village park near the water tower

Schools and health care

Schools: Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools (HTRS): HTRS Elementary School (PK–6) and HTRS High School (7–12), both at 810 Central Ave., Humboldt

Health care: No clinic in Shubert; Community Medical Center, 3307 Barada St., Falls City, 402-245-2428 (25-bed critical access hospital, with its Family Medicine Clinic at the same address)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Edwards, History of Richardson County (1917); History Nebraska; National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nemaha NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation; city, village, school, library, museum and parish websites. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.