Editing Davey, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Irish immigrants were the first Europeans to settle northern Lancaster county, followed by other Northern European immigrants such as Danes and Swedes with the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://lancaster.ne.gov/davey/history.aspx|title=Davey, NE - Historical Background|website=lancaster.ne.gov|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> The area was originally known as Rock Creek and was served by a [[Pony Express|Pony Express station]] in 1871.<ref name=":0" /> In 1875, a Danish Lutheran church was built in the area.<ref name=":0" /> The town of Davey was founded in the Rock Creek area in 1886 when the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad]] was extended to that point<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=126}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/lancaster/davey/ | title=Davey, Lancaster County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref> and was named for Michael Davey, a pioneer citizen.<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=15|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|location=Lincoln, NE|page=9}}</ref>

By 1891, Davey offered a livery barn, an ice house, a meat market, a barber shop, a two-story opera house, a doctor's office, and a confectioner's shop.<ref name=":0" /> In 1900, the Interstate Company of Lincoln began publishing the Davey Mirror, the village newspaper.<ref name=":0" /> In 1903, the Farmers State Bank of Davey opened its doors in the center of the village.<ref name=":0" />

A fire broke out at the local Catholic church in 1919 which spread throughout the town, burning many buildings including the Farmers State Bank of Davey and the telephone office.<ref name=":0" /> The Davey Hall, a WPA project, was built in the 1930s and celebrated by two days of festivities.<ref name=":0" /> The only grocery store in Davey, Hansen's Grocery, closed in 1965 and the last Chicago Northwestern train passed through the village in 1981.<ref name=":0" /> Today, the train tracks have been converted to a hiking trail.<ref name=":0" />