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Village · York County · Population 219 (2020 census) · ZIP 68367 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 492 (1920)

About Gresham

Gresham is a village of 219 people (2020) in northeastern York County, at 1,614 feet on NE 69 about 15 miles northeast of York. Clem’s Opera House on Main Street, built about 1891, is on the National Register. Gresham is on Central Time.

History

The Pioneer Town Site Company laid out the town in August 1887 on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad and named it Poston, for Judge George W. Post of the town-site company. Postal officials rejected the name because another Nebraska office had a similar one, so the town was renamed for Walter Q. Gresham, a federal judge who later became U.S. Secretary of State. Gresham incorporated on June 15, 1895, and peaked at 492 people in 1920. William H. Diers of Gresham was Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature in 1939.

Highways and trails through Gresham

Route	One way	Other way
NE 69Past the village	South to US 34 near Waco	North to Shelby

Nearby towns

Thayer	about 6 mi southwest	County roads
Utica	about 10 mi south-southeast	County roads
Waco	about 10 mi south-southwest	NE 69
Benedict	about 11 mi west	County roads
Shelby	about 12 mi north	NE 69
Stromsburg	about 12 mi west-northwest	County roads
York	about 15 mi southwest	NE 69 and US 34
Seward	about 18 mi east-southeast	County roads

Things to see

Clem’s Opera House, Main and Post Sts. (c. 1891, National Register)

Health care

Nearest hospital: York General Hospital, York, about 15 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Sedgwick, York County, Nebraska and Its People (1921); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890–91); History Nebraska markers; National Register; National Weather Service (Hastings); Nebraska Game and Parks; Upper Big Blue NRD; York University; York General; Henderson Health Care Services; City of York; City of Henderson; Village of McCool Junction; Henderson Heritage Park; Visit Nebraska. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.