Crab Orchard, Nebraska

About Crab Orchard

Set in the southeastern part of Nebraska, Crab Orchard is a tiny community counting 44 people who proudly call it home.

Crab Orchard holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.16 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 275 residents per square mile.

📰 Crab Orchard News Today

• Obituary for E. Kay (Lovitt) Ebeler Wherry Mortuary · Oct 16
• Storm recap: Omaha metro hit with hail, rain overnight WOWT · Sep 23
• Delivery charges filed in Johnson County River Country News Channel Nebraska · Oct 29
• Robert Gene Shew Obituary Dec 4, 2010 Fitzgerald Funeral Service · Mar 10
• Obituary for Virginia Grace (Reavis) Laflin Wherry Mortuary · Aug 2

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What Makes Crab Orchard Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Crab Orchard — but the Nebraska one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.16 sq mi.
• With 44 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in southeastern Nebraska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

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