Andrusville, a post office situated in the extreme southwest part of Cass county, 42 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat. It is near the M. P. Ry. Population 25.

     Avoca is in the southern part of Cass County on the Missouri pacific Ry., six miles south of Weeping Water, and has a population of 250. The Bank of Avoca has a capital of $10,000. There is a grain elevator, a hotel, a substantial schoolhouse, which cost $3,000, and a Congregational Church.

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     Cedar Creek, a town of 150 people located on the B. & M. R. R. in the northwestern part of Cass county 14 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat.

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    Eagle is a village located 16 miles east of Lincoln on the M. P. Ry. It is in the midst of a very productive country 40 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat, and has a population of 175. There are two grain elevators. A school house and a Methodist church building are being erected at a cost of $1,500 each. The churches are the Congregational and the Methodist.

Adams & Gilbert, grain elevator.
Allen S E, blacksmith.
Bank of Eagle, capital $15,000 J Adams pres, A C Adams cashier.
Day E E, grain elevator.
Dodds Mrs, dressmaker.
Dunagan W C, blacksmith.
Eagle House, Paul Frohlich pro.
Edson H J, agl implts.
English & Hedges, genl mdse.
Frohlich Paul, prop Eagle Hotel.
Gardner & Price, tobacco, cigars.
Geib J C, sta, tel and ex agt.
Judkins B, confectionery.
Latrom J H, hardware.
McCurdy D W, billiards.
Ray J M, harnessmaker.
Riordan H C, hardware.
Roelofsz H, genl mdse and livery.
Shannon J J, justice of the peace.
Taylor A O, postmaster, genl mdse and drugs.
Tidball & Fuller, lumber.
Trumble & Kent, meat market.

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     Eight Mile Grove, a post office in the north eastern part of Cass county about eight south of Plattsmouth, the county seat.

 NOTE: The 1890 Business Gazetteer states Eight Mile Grove is south of Plattsmouth.
Cass county maps of the era show Eight Mile Grove eight miles west of Plattsmouth.

      This thriving town is situated a little south and west of the center of Cass County, 35 miles west of Plattsmouth, the seat of justice. The beautiful country surrounding it is of gently rolling prairie and is noted for its fertility. It has a population of 400, and is located on the Missouri Pacific Ry., 24 miles east of Lincoln. Two banks with capital respectively of $25,000 and $9,000, facilitate the financial operations of the vicinity. "The Echo " is the title of the newspaper; the societies are K. of P., A. O. U. W. and G. A. R.; the churches are the Christian, Methodist and Catholic; two elevators further the shipment of grain, and two hotels accommodate the traveling public. 

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     Greenwood, a town on the mainline of the B. & M R. R., 37 miles from Omaha and 17 miles from Lincoln. It is located in the broad level valley of Salt Creek in the northwestern part of Cass County, 37 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat. The population if 750. Grain and live stock are largely produced in the surrounding country. Among the flourishing enterprises of the town are the First National Bank, which occupies a fine new structure of brick and stone; lumber yards, grain elevators, bee hive manufactory, flour mill, hotels. There are five churches: Catholic, two Methodists, Episcopal, Congregational, and Christian. There is one weekly newspaper, the Greenwood Gazette, W. S. Elliott, publisher.

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     Louisville is in the northern part of Cass County, at the intersection of the B. & M. R. R. and the M. P. Ry., the latter having a bridge across the Platte River at this point. Near the town are valuable stone quarries which give employment o a large number of men. In the town a number of industries, a pottery and stoneware manufactory, flour mills, an elevator, etc., are in operation and an extensive brick and tile manufactory is just beginning operations, with a capacity of 35,000 bricks per day. A good school building that cost $4,000 affords educational opportunities to the young. There is a Methodist church and several secret societies. There are two weekly newspapers--the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Louisville Advertiser. Population, 800.

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     Manley, a finely located town, situated on the M. P. Ry., in the central part of Cass County, 15 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat, and about 27 miles from Weeping Water. Population, 80.

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     Nehawka is a growing town in the southeastern part of Cass County, 18 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat, on the Missouri Pacific Ry. It has a population of 200. They have a bank, two elevators, a hotel, etc. during the past year a building or the bank and several other structures were erected, and a hotel and other buildings in course of erection. Fine stone quarries add greatly to the business of the place.

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   Oreopolis, a station on the B. & M. R. R., four miles west of Plattsmouth.

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   Plattsmouth, is situated at the confluence of the Missouri and the Platte rivers, and has a population of 8,403. It is the county seat of Cass county, one of the most productive agricultural counties in the Union. Plattsmouth is the gateway to the great South Platte country. It is the connecting point if the C. B. & Q and B. & M. R. R. in Nebraska, who have built a magnificent steel bridge, 2,900 feet in length, across the Missouri at this point. It will also be on the main line of the M. P. Ry., when the new line, now in course of construction, shall be completed, which it is to be during the present year. It is only thirty minutes ride from Omaha, the metropolis of the state, and two hours from Lincoln, the capital. The chief industry at present is the machine shops, round houses, store houses, etc., of the B. &. M. R. R., which are valued at $2,000,000. The supply department, also located here, distribute several million dollars worth of material to the different divisions of the road yearly. About 1,000 employees of the road reside here, and the company disburses over $50,000 monthly. The city enjoys the benefit of the most modern improvements. Main street has been paved with Sioux Falls granite at a cost of $50,000; a system of sewerage that gives thorough drainage cost $40,000; a complete water works system, which cost $125,000; an electric light plant that cost $30,000; am electric street railway with two and a half miles of track. Among the additional industries are extensive brick and terra cotta works, an electric lamp manufactory, several cigar manufactories, canning works, employing from 150 to 200 persons, flouring mills, etc. The Plattsmouth nurseries, lying a half mile north of the city, supply a fine assortment of fruit, ornamental and forest trees to improve and beautify the city and surrounding country. The elegant Hotel Riley is an imposing structure in the French renaissance style of architecture, recently completed at a cost of nearly $80,000. The City Hotel, the Perkins House, and several other good hotels are also here. The Citizens Bank and the First National have been each a capital of $50,000. The newspapers are represented by the Journal, published by Sherman & Cutright, and the Herald. Both are issued daily and weekly, and have a large circulation. The school facilities are excellent. The High School, a fine four story structure erected at a cost of $25,000, with a campus two blocks in extent, and seven small ward schools are in use for the education of 2,000 children. Besides there are good parochial schools, and a kindergarten. The Y. M. C.A. have commodious quarter, handsomely furnished, and a choice library extensively used. A good fire department with five volunteer companies protects the city. A handsome opera house and several public halls provide for the entertainment of the people. The churches here are the Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, German Methodist, German Presbyterian, Christian, Colored Baptist, Swedish and Catholic, who also have a convent here. The city officers are: F. M. Rickey, mayor; W. K. Fox, clerk; Frank Morgan, treasurer; M. Archer, police judge.

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     Rock Bluff, a post-office in the northeastern part of Cass County, seven miles south of Plattsmouth, the county seat.

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      SOUTH BEND is in the northwestern part of Cass county, on the B. & M. R. R., 23 miles west of Plattsmouth, the county seat. A wagon bridge across the Platte river facilitates communication with the country north of the river. The South Bend quarries are among the best in the state although none are now in operation. The stone for the capital was quarried here. The place is also an extensive grain depot. There are two grain elevators and a flour mill. There is a Methodist church here. Population, 200

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     Union is a thriving town in the western part of Cass County, on the M P Ry., 52 miles from Omaha, and 16 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat. The first sale of town lots took place in 1887:--the present population is 400. A good school house was built during the past year at a cost of $2,800. Several business houses are to be built during 1890, among which will be one for bank purposes. There are here, one hotel, the Union House, two elevators, a brick-yard, a saw-mill, a weekly newspaper, the Union Ledger, and other kinds of business in operation here. And of churches there are the Baptist and the Presbyterian.

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     VICTORIA, a postoffice in the southern part of Cass county, 28 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat. Cross L. E., postmaster.

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     Wabash is a town on the Missouri Pacific Ry., 28 miles from Lincoln, in the southwestern par of Cass County, 38 miles from Plattsmouth, the county seat. The population is 200. There are here good stores, an elevator and a hotel. The churches are the Baptist and the Methodist. The Wabash Weekly News is published by A. Schlegel. During the past year a school house has been erected at a cost of $1,500 and also a M. E. church building at a cost of $1,800. The town is surrounded by a superior farming region. W. J. Horton has a fine park one-half mile east of town, beautified by an artificial lake.

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     Weeping Water is a thriving city located on the Missouri Pacific Ry., at the junction of the Lincoln extension, near the center of Cass County. It is 24 miles southwest of Plattsmouth, the county seat. Population 2,200. The city derives its name from the Weeping Water River, which is known by the Pawnee Indians as "Keets-so-te-et-ticut." The river supplies motive power for three flour mills. Several large elevators are in operation. Three stone quarries give employment to about 300 men. During the past year an electric light plant has been established costing $15,000. The Noble Sewing Machine Co. has erected a large factory at a cost of $18,000 for the building, and $120,000 for the plant. They employ about 120 men. Water works have been constructed at a cost of $16,000. A new Congregational Church has been erected of brick and stone at a cost of $25,000. Several large brick buildings have been built for store and office purposes, and a pressed brick plant put in operation. The contract has been let for the construction of a two-story brick railway depot at this place. Two ably conducted banks, with a capital of $50,000 each, attend to the financial wants of the community. The public schools are noteworthy for their excellence. The Weeping Water Academy, Rev, George Hindley, B. D., principal, under the auspices of the Congregational denomination, is a prosperous institution. The Congregationalists, Methodists, and Baptists all have church edifices here. The Y. M. C. A. has reading rooms, etc., under the direction of an able secretary. City officers: P. S. Barnes, mayor; A. L. Timblin, clerk; Robt. Emens, treasurer; C. H. King, police judge; G. W. Noble, surveyor.