Niobrara, NE

Niobrara is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The 2020 census counted 363 residents. Niobrara was founded in 1856, when a group of men headed by a Dr. Benneville Yeakel Shelly marked their claim to an area on the banks of the Missouri River. In Niobrara, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Niobrara, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Nebraska highways 12 and 14 run through the village, Highway 14 connects Nebraska with South Dakota via the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge, just east of the village across the Missouri River. Niobrara includes the settlement took its name from the Niobrara River. Niobrara includes the Niobrara River.