Willow Island, Nebraska

Willow Island, Nebraska

Willow Island (also Willow) is an unincorporated community in western Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It lies near Interstate 80 along U.S. Route 30, between the cities of Cozad and Gothenburg. The city of Lexington, the county seat of Dawson County, lies southeast of Willow Island. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08." Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 62.] Its elevation is 2,526 feet (770 m), and it is located at coor dms|40|53|19|N|100|4|17|W|city (40.8886183, -100.0715134). Because the community had two different names, the Board on Geographic Names ruled in 1902 that the community's official name was "Willow Island." [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:834776 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report] , Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26.] Although Willow Island is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 69171. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=69171 Zip Code Lookup] ]

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