Plymouth # 358
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Biker Ozzy
N 40° 18.359 W 096° 59.446
14T E 670745 N 4463656
Historical marker about the town of Plymouth.
Waymark Code: WM4K2Y
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2008
Views: 19
Marker reads as follows
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth began in 1871 as a farming community 3 miles south and 1 1/2 miles west of the present town of Plymouth. D.E. Jones, a Congregational minister and land agent for the Burlington and Missouri Railroad, arrived to locate a site for a colony that would follow the ideals of the Pilgrims who founded Plymouth, Massachusetts. Settlers came from eastern states and Germany. In 1872 the town of Plymouth was founded. By 1880 it boasted 100 people, a Congregational Church, a school, and numerous businesses.
In 1893 the Rock Island Railroad refused to build a depot at Plymouth because of a steep uphill grade from the town. The loss of a station meant the end of old Plymouth. Only the cemetery remains.
The depot was built on the divide between Cub Creek and Dry Creek, the present site of Plymouth. The new village, incorporated in 1894, was settled by arrivals from Germany joining Germans who came by way of Canada. Their descendants make up the majority of Plymouth's present population.
Nebraska State Historical Society
Jefferson County Historical Society
Plymouth Centennial Organization
Highway 4, Plymouth
Jefferson County
Marker 358
Marker Name: Plymouth # 358
City: yes
Roadside: no
Other: no
Web Address if available:: Not listed
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