Assumption is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska is located in Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska is located in the United States
Assumption, Nebraska
Assumption, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°30′36″N 98°34′20″W / 40.51000°N 98.57222°W / 40.51000; -98.57222
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyAdams
Elevation
1,975 ft (602 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code402
GNIS feature ID827098[1]

History edit

A colony of German Catholics settled near Assumption circa 1873.[2] The name Assumption is derived from the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, established in the 1880s.[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Assumption, Nebraska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Burton, William R. & Lewis, David J. (1916). Past and Present of Adams County, Nebraska, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 264.
  3. ^ "Assumption". Adams County Nebraska Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.