Bancroft

Bancroft is a village in , , United States. The population was 496 as of the 2020 census. John Neihardt, who later became Nebraska's poet laureate, lived in Bancroft for twenty years and wrote many of his works there.
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  • Type: Village with 488 residents
  • Description: village in Nebraska
  • Also known as: “Bancroft, NE”, “Bancroft, Nebraska”, and “Toe Nuga Zingha”
  • Postal code: 68004

Places of Interest

Highlights: John G. Neihardt State Historic Site.

Museum
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The , also known…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosalie.

Village
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is a village in , … is situated 4½ miles northeast of Bancroft.

Bancroft

Latitude
42.01277° or 42° 0′ 46″ north
Longitude
-96.57281° or 96° 34′ 22″ west
Population
488
Elevation
1,339 feet (408 metres)
Open location code
86J52C7G+4V
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Bancroft” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بانكروف”
  • Basque: “Bancroft”
  • Catalan: “Bancroft”
  • Cebuano: “Bancroft”
  • Chinese: “班克羅夫特”
  • Croatian: “Bancroft”
  • Dutch: “Bancroft”
  • French: “Bancroft”
  • German: “Bancroft”
  • Gilaki: “بنکرافت (نبراسکا)”
  • Gilaki: “بنکرافت”
  • Haitian: “Bancroft, Nebraska”
  • Haitian: “Bancroft”
  • Italian: “Bancroft”
  • Kazakh: “Банкрофт”
  • Kirghiz: “Банкрофт”
  • Ladin: “Bancroft”
  • Malagasy: “Bancroft, Nebraska”
  • Malagasy: “Bancroft”
  • Mazanderani: “بنکرفت (نبراسکا)”
  • Mazanderani: “بنکرفت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bancroft”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bancroft (Nebraska)”
  • Norwegian: “Bancroft”
  • Persian: “بنکرفت، نبراسکا”
  • Persian: “بنکرفت”
  • Polish: “Bancroft”
  • Portuguese: “Bancroft”
  • Serbian: “Банкрофт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bancroft, Nebraska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bancroft”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بانکروفت، نبراسکا”
  • Spanish: “Bancroft”
  • Swedish: “Bancroft, Nebraska”
  • Swedish: “Bancroft”
  • Ukrainian: “Банкрофт”
  • Urdu: “بین کرافٹ، نیبراسکا”
  • Volapük: “Bancroft”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lyons and Pender.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bancroft Fire Department and Bancroft Public Library.

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