Tilden, Nebraska
| Tilden, Nebraska | |
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| City | |
North side of 2nd Street in Tilden
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 Location of Tilden, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: 42°2′43″N 97°50′1″W / 42.04528°N 97.83361°WCoordinates: 42°2′43″N 97°50′1″W / 42.04528°N 97.83361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Counties | Madison, Antelope |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.74 sq mi (1.92 km2) |
| • Land | 0.74 sq mi (1.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,683 ft (513 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 953 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 951 |
| • Density | 1,287.8/sq mi (497.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68781 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-48935 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0834109 |
Tilden is a city in Antelope and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The population was 953 at the 2010 census. The Madison County portion of Tilden is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Tilden was originally called Burnett, and under the latter name was laid out by the railroad in 1880. It was then incorporated as Burnett in 1885, but the U.S. Post Office officially changed the name of the village in 1887, after presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden, due to confusion with Bennet, Nebraska. Tilden was incorporated as a city in 1919.
Tilden is located at 42°2′43″N 97°50′1″W / 42.04528°N 97.83361°W (42.045297, -97.833599). The city is located mostly within Madison County with a portion of the city in Antelope County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.74 square miles (1.92 km2), all of it land.
Tilden was located on the Cowboy Line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The line was abandoned in 1992, and with it the antique wigwag signal that protected the main crossing in town. The abandoned line has been converted to the Cowboy Trail, running 321 miles from Norfolk to Chadron; when complete, it will be the longest rails-to-trails line in the United States.
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