Abel

Abel is a hamlet in Clear Creek Township, Saunders County, Nebraska. Abel is situated nearby to the hamlet Beacon View, as well as near Riverside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linoma Beach and Ashland Public Library.

Linoma Beach

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Linoma Beach, now doing business under the name Linoma Lighthouse, is a privately owned recreation area developed around an artificial lake in Sarpy County in the eastern part of the state of Nebraska, in the Midwestern United States. Linoma Beach is situated 2 miles east of Abel.

Ashland Public Library

Library

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The Ashland Public Library is a historic building in Ashland, Nebraska. It was built by W.R. Shankland as a Carnegie library in 1911. Besides the $5,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie, its construction had much to do with the Wiggenhorn family: the land was donated by Mr and Mrs Wiggenhorn Jr, and the roof was donated by H. Ashland Public Library is situated 2½ miles south of Abel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashland and Memphis.

Ashland

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Ashland is a city in Eastern Nebraska. The small city sits alongside the Platte River tributary of Salt Creek in Saunders County and had a population of 3,100 people in 2020.

Memphis

Village

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Memphis is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 109 at the 2020 census. Memphis is situated 4 miles west of Abel.

Abel

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Clear Creek Township, Saunders County, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.07417° or 41° 4′ 27″ north

Longitude

-96.35529° or 96° 21′ 19″ west

Elevation

1,070 feet (326 metres)

Open location code

86H53JFV+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 151733144

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5062668

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