Editing Naponee, Nebraska (section)

==History==
The first settlers to the Naponee area arrived in 1869. Naponee's name originates with [[Napanee, Ontario]], the hometown of a [[Canadians|Canadian]] who fought in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and bought land along the [[Republican River]]. A post office was established in Naponee in 1871.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=110}}</ref> In 1877, the first store opened and was followed by the village's first survey 1879. Railroad service arrived in 1879 with the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Burlington Railroad]] reaching town. Incorporation of the village of Naponee took place on November 30, 1909. Like many places, Naponee suffered in the [[Great Depression]] and major dust storms and flooding of the Republican River in 1935 compounded these woes. Construction of the nearby [[Harlan County Dam]] in the 1940s nearly doubled the population from 200 to 400. Today Naponee remains a rural community with a stable population.