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Alexandria is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 177 at the 2010 census. ==History== In the 1840s and 1850s, the Oregon Trail passed through present-day Thayer County, following the Little Blue River through southeastern Nebraska before crossing into the valley of the Platte River. Settlers arrived along the trail in the late 1850s.〔Fimple, Kathleen. ("Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey Final Report of Thayer County, Nebraska". ) (Nebraska State Historical Society. ) Retrieved 2013-01-10.〕 The first permanent white residents of the county arrived in 1858, settling about two and a half miles (about four kilometers) south of present-day Alexandria, on the divide between the Little Blue and Big Sandy Creek. In 1859, Isaac Alexander arrived from Kansas with a portable gristmill; he settled on Big Sandy Creek, where he built a log cabin and stockade.〔"Early History" in ("Thayer County, Part 1". ) (''Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska''. ) 1882. Retrieved 2013-01-10.〕〔Priefert, Virginia. ("Alexandria--Thayer County". ) (Nebraska... Our Towns. ) Retrieved 2013-01-10.〕 In 1872, the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad (later the St. Joseph and Grand Island) was extended into Thayer County. The railroad passed through the Alexander family's property. At the railroad's behest, the Nebraska Land and Town Company platted towns along its route, naming them in alphabetical order; the easternmost of these was Alexandria, followed by Belvidere, Carleton, and Davenport.〔 The town was named after Isaac Alexander's son, S. J. Alexander, who had been involved in negotiating the railroad's route through Thayer County, and who later served as Nebraska's Secretary of State.〔〔"Alexandria" in ("Thayer County, Part 1". ) (''Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska''. ) 1882. Retrieved 2013-01-11.〕〔Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder. ("Nebraska Place-Names". ) (''University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism''. ) 1925-01-01. Retrieved 2013-01-11.〕 Alexandria grew rapidly; its early growth was augmented by residents and businesses moving from the town of Meridian, established as the county seat of Jones County (now Jefferson County) but bypassed by the railroad and eventually abandoned.〔 The town supported a flour mill on Big Sandy Creek; a newspaper, the ''Alexandrian'', was established in 1879; and by 1882, there were four churches.〔 The town was beset by three severe storms in the decade following its establishment. In 1875, a tornado levelled a school building that had just been completed at a cost of $6,000. A second storm, in 1877, did only minor damage; a third, in 1881, produced several fatalities and widespread property damage.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandria, Nebraska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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