Editing Greeley Center, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Greeley Center was established as a village in 1871 when the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=115}}</ref> It was named from its position near the geographical center of Greeley county.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=217041 | title=Profile for Greeley, NE | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=August 8, 2014 | archive-date=July 16, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716143243/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=217041 | url-status=dead }}</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=69}} 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> Greeley Center was named after [https://nsgs.org/cpage.php?pt=75#:~:text=Greeley%20county%20was%20named%20in,organized%20on%20March%201%2C%201871. Horace Greeley], a politician and journalist. The first people to be settled there were in 1871. 

In 1890, the seat of Greeley County was transferred to Greeley Center from [[Scotia, Nebraska|Scotia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/greeley/greeley/ | title=Greeley, Greeley County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 9, 2014 | archive-date=August 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802221902/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/greeley/greeley/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>