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Dixon, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68732. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle. 77 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.

Dixon within Dixon County

Population over time

2 figures

Dixon fell from 87 to 77 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201087
202077-10 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Concord township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc, published 1896 - Concord Township

Indian Scare And Massacre

| The following story - written by one of our family -was published several years ago in an Omaha paper. The story is founded on the great scare of 1862, and the murder of the Wiseman family, both of which have already been described in these pages, and which took place about a year apart, but for the purposes of this story are represented as occurring at the same time.

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In the county-history sources

30,710 words on this township

History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc, published 1896 names this settlement in its chapter on Concord Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Dixon village was incorporated May 1(>. 1893, and now has a population of 250. A good steam grist mill is in operation here, owned by Keil Bros., and does a successful business. An energetic creamery company has built and operates a large creamery. It is an establishment of much benetit to the town and surrounding country. Among the business men and houses, we notice C. Stimson, banker; O'Flaherty Bros., merchants, stock dealers and grain buyers (and really a large share of the life of the town); A. E. Sparks, general merchant; ,1. C. Ecker. druggist; D. Carroll, hotel, grain buyer, etc.; G. P. Wright, hardware; E. W. Clawson. agent of the Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co.; Isaac Brannaman, furniture; W. H. Gibson, postmaster and grocer; J. Nichols and David Avers, restaurants; G. \V. Holder, market; C. Brannaman. livery; F. Wiedenfeldt and G. W. Hayn, blacksmiths, and one interesting and well supported newspaper, the Tribune. Dixon has a hrst-class school and teachers. The school liouse.a line, new bailding, was burned a few months ago, and another will soon be completed to take its place. There are two churches, the Catholic and Christian, each of which has a good building. Dixon has also lodges of Modern Woodmen, Good Templars and Knights of Pythias, all in a flourishing condition. Dixon is a pleasantly located young business place, it has good buildings and its citizens have the right kind of push and energy to make their town grow.

Passage source: History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc, published 1896.

Portraits of Dixon County Teachers. One of the principal engravings near the title page of this hook presents a group of ninety or more of the teachers who attended the Teachers' Institute at Ponca in August, '95. The engraving is from a photograph taken at the time by Mr. Hamilton, and a list of the names of those whose portraits appear there has been kindly furnished by Miss Mary Schroer, the popular school superintendent of the county. The following is the list:

Passage source: History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc, published 1896.

Legends, stories, adventures, every day incidents, etc., etc. All relate to Dixon county in the past or present. Some of them are true in every word and others are, in a greater or less degree, founded on facts. But whether fact or fiction, we trust they will be found interesting, and with that hope we dedicate them to friendly perusal.

Passage source: History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc, published 1896.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Concord Township - it names this place 19 more 19 times.

Fires near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dixon between 2001 and 2018, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 May 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixon County

Storms near this place

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Thunderstorm WindDixon$200,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDixon$100,000no account filed
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Dixon$20,000A tornado, crossing into Dixon County from the west, damaged several farm buildings, trees, electrical poles and lines, and crops.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDixon$5,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Dixon$5,000A tornado damaged sheds, power lines and trees. The tornado was observed and reported by fire department personnel.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDixon$1,000Thunderstorm winds turned over and damaged an irrigation system. NEBRASKA, (OMA),July 1995
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDixon-Several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2015HailDixon-Large hail was accompanied by strong but not damaging wind gusts.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDixon-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain and small hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDixon-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down.
August 2009Flash FloodDixon-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding of a few roads, including U.S. Highway 20.
July 2007HailDixon-Relatively flat hail fell with the largest stones the diameter of golf balls.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDixon-Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to the roof of a house, and shredded window well covers at the house.
June 2005Flash FloodDixon-Heavy rain caused flooding of fields and several roads.
June 2003HailDixon-Large hail damaged vehicles. The amount of damage was not known.
August 2002HailDixon-Large hail damaged vehicles and broke windows. The amount of damage was not known.
August 2002Flash FloodDixon-Heavy rainfall flooded roads, ditches, and other low areas.
May 2000Flash FloodDixon-Heavy rainfall up to four and one half inches caused highway and lowland flooding.
July 2025HailDixon-no account filed
July 2021HailDixon-no account filed
April 2015HailDixon-no account filed
April 2015HailDixon-no account filed
June 2014HailDixon-no account filed
May 2013HailDixon-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed
June 2008HailDixon-no account filed
July 2007HailDixon-no account filed
May 2004HailDixon-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed
June 2003HailDixon-no account filed
April 2002HailDixon-no account filed
July 2002HailDixon-no account filed
April 2001LightningDixon-no account filed
April 2001HailDixon-no account filed
April 2001HailDixon-no account filed
April 2001HailDixon-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed
May 2000HailDixon-no account filed
May 1998HailDixon-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed
September 1997HailDixon-no account filed
July 1995HailDixon-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dixon County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Concord2.3 miles9
Allen8.1 miles9
Martinsburg10.9 miles18
Wakefield12.3 miles9
Waterbury14.2 miles9
Lime Grove17.1 miles19
Emerson17.2 miles10
Newcastle17.5 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DixonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3291413The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 828738. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.