Editing Valley County, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Valley County was formed in 1871 and organized in 1873.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc|title=Nebraska Place-Names|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Lilian Linder|publisher=University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism|location=Lincoln|date=1925|page=141|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/valley/valley-p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729042808/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/valley/valley-p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2003|title=Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska|last=Andreas|first=A. T.|date=1882|website=The Kansas Collection|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> Its name derives from the local terrain: much of the county consists of valley land lying between the [[Loup River|North and Middle Loup Rivers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/valley.html|title=Valley County|publisher=Nebraska Association of County Officials|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref>

On June 12, 2010, the privately owned Bredthauer Dam broke due to heavy rain, flooding rural Valley County and the village of [[North Loup, Nebraska|North Loup]].<ref>[http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_24f94a32-77da-11df-9f5a-001cc4c03286.html "Floodwaters overwhelm whole counties"], ''[[Kearney Hub]]''. June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref><ref>Pore, R. [http://theindependent.com/articles/2010/06/14/news/local/11941239.txt "Heavy rains cause Ericson Dam to fail"], ''[[Grand Island Independent]]''. June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref> Major flooding occurred in the village, with water "eight inches deep and running down Main Street."<ref>Geake, S. [http://www.1011now.com/news/headlines/96260104.html "North Loup Fights Flooding"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707054738/http://www.1011now.com/news/headlines/96260104.html|date=July 7, 2011}}, 1011Now.com. June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>  North Loup was evacuated for the flood's duration.<ref>Schweitzer, Amy. [http://theindependent.com/articles/2010/06/13/news/local/11937779.txt "North Loup flooded, evacuated".]  [http://www.theindependent.com/  ''Grand Island Independent''.]  June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>