Editing Cairo, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Cairo was established in 1886 when the [[Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=116}}</ref> It was named after [[Cairo]], the capital of [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=Origin of Nebraska place names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3625056;view=1up;seq=14|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|location=Lincoln, NE|page=8}}</ref> Many of the town's street names reinforce the "Egyptian" theme.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/hall/cairo/ | title=Caior, Hall County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 10, 2014}}</ref>

Cairo was incorporated as a village in 1892.<ref>{{cite book|author1=August F. Buechler|author2=Robert J. Barr|author3=Dale P. Stough|title=History of Hall County, Nebraska: A Narrative of the Past with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, and Chronological Presentation of Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time, and Special Analysis of Its Military and Civil Participation in the Late World War|url=https://archive.org/details/historyhallcoun00stougoog|year=1920|publisher=Western Publishing and Engraving Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyhallcoun00stougoog/page/n168 138]}}</ref>