Village of Ansley, NE

"Some Bigger, None Better!"

WELCOME TO ANSLEY, NE

The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad In 1886 Ansley was platted in southeastern Custer County by the Lincoln Land Company, headed by R. O. Phillips. Ansley was named for Eliza J. Ansley [1], who invested in real estate there. The site was purchased from ranchman Anthony Walkinson. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad [2] (later the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy) reached the new settlement soon after it was founded. In 1986 approximately thirty-five Burlington Northern trains per day passed through Ansley. Ansley was the first Nebraska town west of Grand Island to own a power plant and water system. The Ansley Electric Light and Power Company, built by C. J. Stevens, was incorporated September 20, 1892. Destroyed by fire in 1904, it was replaced by another power plant, which burned in 1910. The Municipal Light and Power System was completed in 1911. Ansley's waterworks company was organized and its facilities completed in 1893. Ansley reached its peak population of 817 in 1930. In its centennial year of 1986 the town's more than 600 inhabitants continued to use the slogan applied to Ansley in 1916 by merchant William S. Mattley--"Push, that's Ansley."

pictured above: Picture 12652 of the Butcher collection, date 1886, The Burlington and Missouri River Route's first engine in to Broken Bow, Custer County Nebraska. Today as part of the BNSF that routes up through Wyoming carries a lot of the coal for the US.

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Government Services

Village of Ansley
Utilities Department
Electric – Water – Sewer
308-935-1400

Village Clerk’s Office & Shop
217 Nile Street
308-935-1467

Ansley Municipal Auditorium
720 Douglas Street
308-935-1742
Call Clerk’s Office (935-1467) to book reservations

Ansley Park
Fishing – Picnic Shelter – Camper Sites
Call Clerk’s Office (935-1467) to book reservations

Ansley Police Department
Emergencies – Dial 911
Non-emergencies – Dial 308-732-3468

Ansley Swimming Pool
409 Nile Street
308-935-1871

Ansley Post Office
806 Main Street
308-935-1553

Ansley Housing Authority
Husker Homes
308-935-1632

Ansley Public School District #44
1124 Cameron Street
308-935-1121

Ansley Fire Protection District
Volunteer Fire & Rescue Unit
308-935-1733

Ansley Area Community Foundation
Contact – Cy Thoene
308-935-1438

State of Nebraska
Department of Roads
406 Division Street
308-935-1158

Ansley Township Library
Linda Smith – Librarian – 308-935-1339
Hrs – Tues. & Sat. afternoons 2-5p.m.

Ansley Township Cemetery
Gail Reed – 308-935-1517

Village of Ansley Trash Service
217 Nile Street
Call 935-1400 or 935-1467

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