Editing Cordova, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Cordova was originally called Hunkins, in honor of pioneer settler [[Benjamin Hunkins]], and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1887 when the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/seward/cordova/ | title=Cordova, Seward County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 23, 2014}}</ref> Due to the similarity with the name of another post office in the state, Hunkins was soon renamed Cordova, after [[Cordova, Spain]], in order to avoid repetition.<ref>{{cite book|last=Waterman|first=John Henry|title=General History of Seward County, Nebraska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3otJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251|year=1920|page=251}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=131}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref> A post office called Cordova has been in operation since 1888.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013181747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |archivedate=October 13, 2015 }}</ref>