Carlisle, Nebraska
Carlisle is an unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States.[1]
Carlisle, Nebraska | |
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Carlisle, Nebraska | |
Coordinates: 40.4°N 97.8°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
County | Fillmore |
Founded | 1901 |
History
Carlisle was originally called Walters, and under the latter name was platted in 1901.[2] It was later renamed Carlisle in honor of John G. Carlisle, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Grover Cleveland administration.[3][2]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlisle, Nebraska
- History of the origin of the place names in nine Northwestern states. 1908. p. 51.
- Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 59. ISBN 0803250606. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
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