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Nacora, Dakota Co., Nebraska
Items Mentioning Nacora From "The Magnet Mail", Magnet, Cedar Co., Nebraska.
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February 24, 1910 page "1" col 6
Nacora Items from the Magnet Mail Earnest Luhr and a friend of Nacora spent Sunday at the John Henkel home.
Mrs. John Henkel's mother who has been staying here for the past four or five weeks returned to her home at Nacora Monday.
June 2, 1910 page "1" col 5Miss Lena Larson returned to her home, at Nicora, Monday after a weeks visit here with her sister Mrs. R. R. Larson.
July 7, 1910 page "2" col 1Mr. Wm Kahler, of Osmond, and Miss Minnie Rohede, of Nicora, were married, at the home of the bride, on Wednesday, July 6th. 1910. They took the evening train for Magnet where they are visiting, at the home of Mrs. Kahler's aunt, Mrs. John Henkel.
July 28, 1910 page "1" col 4Mrs. R. R. Larson took the early morning train Wednesday for Nicora for a few days visit with friends.
August 4, 1910 page "1" col 4Mrs. John Henkle, and daughter Gladys, took the noon train Wednesday for Nicora for a short visit with Mrs Henkel's mother.
August 18, 1910 page "2" col 5Earnest Luhr, of Nicora, is a visitor at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Henkel.
September 1, 1910 page "2" col 3Mrs. John Henkel went to Nicora Tuesday to see an uncle whom she has not seen since she was a "we[e] little tot" away back in the old country.
January 12, 1911 page "1" col 6Mrs. John Henkel's mother, Mrs. Luhr, of Nicora, is visiting with her indeffinitely*.
March 9, page "2" col 3Ernest Luhr came in on the noon train Monday, from Nicora, for a few days visit at the John Henkel home.
Information about Nacora from Friends Andrea: The name of the town derives from the Spanish "nacio", which means "I am born".
USGS: The post office at Nacora was established April 22, 1892, and discontinued in 1945. Before the post office was established, the town was known as Simons Siding. It is/was located in the southwest part of Dakota County.
"1911 atlas of Dakota County": Necora is, or was, a very small town in Dakota County, not much more than a wide spot in the road. It was located about 7 miles southwest of Hubbard on Highway 35, about halfway to Emerson. ... to check census records ... look in Emerson Precinct. According to the 1911 atlas of Dakota County, in Necora there were a store and post office, a lumber yard, a saloon, a depot, an elevator, a blacksmith shop and a couple of residences. Family names listed in that section are Zastrow, Brown, Voss and Cawfield.
Nacora does not show up on on many current maps, including my "AAA" and "Rand McNally Road Atlas" maps, but it may be found on the DeLorme Atlas for Nebraska and at least two different Tripmakker CD�s.
"Precision Mapping ver 2.0": Nacora (one could pick almost any vowel for the second letter), Nebraska is in Dakota County on SH 35 about 4.5 miles northeast of Emerson. ... Alternate routes to Nacora from Emerson NE
- go 3.5 miles east (on local road?)
- go 3 miles north to SH 35
- go 1 mile north on SH 9,
- turn right on SH 35,
- go 1.5 miles northeast to stream, and
- go 1.4 miles northeast to point where A intersects SH 35.
My thanks to the following people for providing this information and these sources: Greg Brown, Jerry Duggan, Andrea Faling, and Emmett Mason.
Vital statistics and
calendar quarters in which The Maget Mail was published.