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Village · York County · Population 44 (2020 census) · ZIP 68460 · Founded 1887 · Peak population 192 (1930)

About Thayer

Thayer is a village of 44 people (2020) in York County, at 1,581 feet about 9 miles northeast of York and 5 miles north-northwest of Waco, whose ZIP code (68460) it shares. It is not related to Thayer County, which shares the namesake. Thayer is on Central Time.

History

Thayer was platted in 1887 on land bought from David Price, when the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley (Chicago & North Western) built its depot here, and named for Gen. John M. Thayer, Union general, U.S. senator and governor of Nebraska. In 1890 it had about 75 people. W. C. Heiden later put up a cement-block building with an opera house. The village peaked at 192 people in 1930.

Nearby towns

Houston	about 4 mi south-southwest	County roads
Waco	about 5 mi south-southeast	County roads
Benedict	about 6 mi west-northwest	County roads
Gresham	about 6 mi northeast	County roads
York	about 9 mi southwest	County roads
Utica	about 9 mi east-southeast	County roads

Health care

Nearest hospital: York General Hospital, York, about 9 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.