Editing Wauneta, Nebraska (section)

==History==
The first white settlers at Wauneta were George Rowley and his wife who built a sod house at the Wauneta Falls in 1875. The first post office was established in 1877. A post office has continuously served Wauneta since 1886.<ref>[http://www.bwtelcom.net/wauneta/history_of_wauneta.htm History of Wauneta]</ref>  “The Wauneta Breeze” newspaper served the community for more than 130 years. Its first edition was printed on January 17, 1887, by a young New Yorker named John Hann. The newspaper printed its final issue on November 12, 2020, and merged with ''The Imperial Republican''.<ref>[https://publisher.etype.services/Wauneta-Breeze Wauneta Breeze]</ref>

The railroad reached Wauneta in 1892. This line was built by a division of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]. This line left the main line near [[Culbertson, Nebraska|Culbertson]] and terminated in Imperial.

===National Register of Historic Places listings===
* Wauneta Roller Mills (listed 2008)<ref name="Nebraska State Historical Society">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000410215113/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/chase.htm Nebraska State Historical Society]}}</ref>
* Lovett Site (listed 1972) is northwest of Wauneta<ref name="Nebraska State Historical Society"/><ref>[http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0300/stories/0301_0102.html NebraskaStudies.Org]</ref>