Niobrara, Nebraska

About Niobrara

Niobrara, NE is a tiny community located in northern Nebraska with an estimated population of 361.

Niobrara holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.73 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 495 residents per square mile.

📰 Niobrara News Today

• What is a yurt? At Nebraska's Niobrara State Park, it's a novel way to camp - Omaha World-Herald Omaha World-Herald · Oct 9
• What is a yurt? At Nebraska's Niobrara State Park, it's a novel way to camp Kearney Hub · Oct 11
• Niobrara Public School placed on precautionary hold status Friday KTIV · Oct 9
• Neighbors, environmental groups oppose hog confinement planned near scenic Niobrara River Nebraska Examiner · Jul 21
• I Paddled 56 Miles Of This River Searching For Silence—What I Found Was Even Better Midwest Living · Apr 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Nebraska headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Niobrara Unique

• The only place in America named Niobrara — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern Nebraska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Nebraska — one of 593 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Niobrara

• Country Cafe — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Ponca Tribe Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Niobrara

• Niobrara State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bohemia Prairie Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ponca Tribe Historical Marker reviews ★
• Sage Brothers Historical Marker reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Niobrara

• ISANTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• ISANTI HIGH SCHOOL
• ISANTI MIDDLE SCHOOL
• NIOBRARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Niobrara

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