Minersville is a former railroad town in Otoe County,

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. It was located approximately to the south-southwest of

Nebraska City Nebraska City is a city in Nebraska, and the county seat of, Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,289. The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being the oldest incorporated ...

and east of the

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. It was founded in the 1850s and dissolved by the early 1900s. The town was on the Missouri River until the Army Corps of Engineers redirected the river to the east.

History

It is believed that the area had first been inhabited by a Native American tribe. The village was incorporated on May 4, 1857. A couple years later James Carmichael bought the town and renamed it "Otoe City". In the early 1860s a small coal deposit was found near the village. In 1864, the town was renamed "Minersville", despite the meager quantity and quality of the mine. By this time, Minersville contained a general store, post office, saloon, blacksmith shop, and a

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. In 1874 the Midland Pacific Railway built a line through the town. Later the

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and

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s operated the track. The Minersville post office was discontinued in 1923.

References

{{Coord, 40, 35, 49, N, 95, 47, 21, W, type:city_region:US-NE_source:GNIS, display=title Ghost towns in Nebraska Populated places in Otoe County, Nebraska