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Village · Saunders County · Population 108 (2020 census) · ZIP 68064 · Founded 1905 · Peak population 133 (1980)

About Leshara

Leshara is a village of 108 in northeastern Saunders County, just north of NE 64 about 8 miles southeast of Fremont. It is the youngest town in the county.

History

The Sioux City & Western Townsite Company bought the land from Joseph Lammel in October 1905 for a station on the new line from Ashland to Sioux City, which later became part of the Burlington; special trains brought buyers to the lot sale, and the post office opened on February 27, 1906. The town was named for Petalesharo, a Pawnee chief. Its first postmaster, Ray S. Estey, came from the family that had kept the Estina post office nearby from 1869 to 1883.

The Leshara Site, a Pawnee village site, is on the National Register (location restricted). The population peaked at 133 in 1980.

Highways and trails through Leshara

Route	One way	Other way
NE 64Just south of the village (spur north into town)	East to Valley and Omaha	West to US 77

Nearby towns

Yutan	about 6 mi south-southeast	County roads
Valley	about 4.4 mi east-southeast	NE 64
Mead	about 8 mi south-southwest	County roads
Fremont	about 8 mi north-northwest	US 77
Colon	about 9 mi west-southwest	County roads
Cedar Bluffs	about 10 mi west-northwest	County roads

Things to see

Estina Cemetery · Pohocco Lutheran Cemetery, on US 77 south of Fremont

Health care

Nearest hospital Methodist Fremont Health (about 8 mi)

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Phillips, Past and Present of Saunders County (1915); Saunders County, Nebraska History (1983, NEGenWeb); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); National Register of Historic Places; Nebraska Game and Parks; Lower Platte North NRD; Nebraska Department of Transportation. Distances marked "about" are estimates.