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Village · Scotts Bluff County · Population 125 (2020 census) · ZIP 69349 · Founded 1909 · Peak population 176 (1940)

About Henry

Henry is a village of 125 (2020) at the western edge of Scotts Bluff County and of Nebraska: its west boundary is the Wyoming line, making it the westernmost municipality in the state. It sits at 4,036 feet on US 26 and the Burlington line, about 8 miles southeast of Torrington, Wyoming, and Holloway Road runs south to Lyman. Henry is on Mountain Time.

History

Henry was founded in 1909, when the railroad was extended to the site, and was named for Henry Nichols, the late son of the original townsite owner. H. V. Anderson kept a general store here from 1917, and Continental Oil had its local headquarters in Henry. The population peaked at 176 in 1940.

Highways and trails through Henry

Route	One way	Other way
US 26Through the village	East to Morrill, Mitchell and Scottsbluff	West to Torrington, Wyoming

Nearby towns

Lyman	about 6 mi south	Holloway Road
Morrill	about 7 mi east-southeast	US 26
Torrington, Wyoming	about 8 mi west-northwest	US 26
Mitchell	about 13 mi east-southeast	US 26
Scottsbluff	about 22 mi east-southeast	US 26

Things to see

the Henry State Aid Bridges over the North Platte south of town (National Register) · the Stateline Island unit of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, about 1 mi south on Holloway Road, open year-round · the Horse Creek Treaty markers on US 26, about 2½ mi east-southeast

Health care

Regional West clinic in Morrill, about 7 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Who's Who in Nebraska, Scotts Bluff County (1940); Grant L. Shumway, History of Western Nebraska (1921); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890); Fitzpatrick and Link, Nebraska Place-Names (1960); National Park Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Nebraska Game and Parks; History Nebraska and its markers; National Register nominations; Nebraska Department of Transportation; Bureau of Reclamation; city and village websites; school districts; Regional West Health Services; Visit Scottsbluff; Star-Herald; KNEB; KHYY. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.