Editing Dix, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Originally a [[Siding (rail)|siding]] on the [[Union Pacific Railroad]],<ref name=bowman>{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=J. R.|editor1-last=Shearer|editor1-first=Frederick E.|title=The Pacific tourist. J.R. Bowman's illustrated transcontinental guide of travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean|date=1882|publisher=J.R. Bowman|location=New York|page=59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbsUAAAAYAAJ&dq=The%20Pacific%20tourist.%20J.R.%20Bowman's%20illustrated%20transcontinental%20guide%20of%20travel%20from%20the%20Atlantic%20to%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean&pg=PA59V|accessdate=May 16, 2018|oclc=752667534}}</ref> Dix was founded as a settlement in 1886.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/kimball/dix/ | title=Dix, Kimball County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref> The community derives its name from [[Dixon, Illinois]], the former home of an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shumway|first=Grant Lee|title=History of Western Nebraska and Its People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RM1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA336|year=1921|publisher=Western publishing & engraving Company|page=336}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27350 | title=Profile for Dix, NE | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref> However, it was deemed necessary to shorten the name to "Dix", in order to avoid repetition with [[Dixon, Nebraska|Dixon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/towns-and-cities-with-the-shortest-names/ar-BBN3AYL | title=Towns and Cities With the Shortest Names | publisher=MSNBC | date=September 9, 2018 | accessdate=July 3, 2019}}</ref> State highway 30 runs through Dix, and in 1995 was changed from "Main" street to "Miller" street (within the city limits of Dix). This was done in honor of Fred H. Miller, who worked for the Union Pacific for 30 years and ran the town's train depot. The train depot was dismantled after Fred's retirement. Fred also served on the town board, and lived two blocks away from the depot next to the city park with his wife Ada B. Miller. Their memorial stone is located in the graveyard south of town, near [[Interstate 80 in Nebraska|Interstate 80]].