Beemer, Nebraska, 68716

On US 275, northeast of the Elkhorn River. Farm land all around.

Here is a satellite image: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?zipcode=68716


Swirls, the cluster of trees and small lake in the center of the picture indicate the Elkhorn has taken different routes over the years. Meanderings, sometimes violent, are not unusual for plains rivers.

Population as of five days from now: 1,018. Beemer has 829 families. Census information says there are 424 households, with an average size of 2.33. There are 291 family households, averaging 3 persons per household. (Data collectors and compilers like to put numbers into as many categories as possible, and then some more.)

http://nebraska.hometownlocator.com/zip-codes/data,zipcode,68716.cfm

(With a town named Beemer, searches turn up many hits for BMW sites.)

Here is a nice view from a hillside:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beemer,_Nebraska#/media/File:Beemer,_Nebraska_viewed_from_the_Indian_Trails_Golf_Course..jpg

The town is named after Allen D. Beemer, who moved to Nebraska from Pennsylvania during the government’s redistribution of Native American Indian land following the Civil War and parallel give-away of land to railroad companies. But, the redistribution was for the betterment of the collective, so it was OK.

Wikipedia says: “The first century was marked by spurious growth …” What that is supposed to mean is anybody’s guess. “Spurious” means fake, bogus, counterfeit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beemer,_Nebraska

Cleveland Indians pitcher Mel Harder was born in Beemer, Oct. 15, 1909.