Memphis, NE

united states

Memphis is a tiny farming community in eastern Nebraska, about 30 miles northwest of Omaha along Highway 92. With just 130 residents, it sits in prime agricultural country where corn and soybeans dominate the landscape. Most visitors pass through on Highway 92 while traveling between Omaha and central Nebraska towns like Columbus. The settlement was named after Memphis, Tennessee, following a common 19th-century practice of Nebraska pioneers honoring distant American cities.