Harrison is the largest populated center in Sioux County, in the extreme western part of the Nebraska Panhandle. The community is surrounded by ranchland.
Much of the present population consists of retired people. Local school enrollment is less than half what it was 40 years ago. Since it is the only town in the county, it continues to provide many of the necessary goods and services, including a modern water and sewage system, as well as a lighted, paved airport.
Harrison also has a county museum, senior citizens and VFW buildings, a modern swimming pool, one-day-a-week medical clinic, and four churches.
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Hemingford Abbot (England) and HemmingFord (Quebec, Canada) are ancestors of the town by that name in western Nebraska. The first settlers that came in 1885 included a group from Canada who wanted the new town named for their former home. Today the town is truly a melting pot of America, with people of all nationalities among its residents.
The town is in the northern third of Box Butte County, almost exactly halfway between its western and eastern borders.
Hemingford is, and has always been, known for being a community of friendly and caring people. There are five churches in Hemingford. The Christmas diorama is a story of pictorial and wooden figures of people, angels, and animals in sixteen scenes covering a distance of two and a half football fields. The display is at the west side of town and in place from the last part of November until after New Years each year.
Box Butte Reservoir nine miles north of town provides an area for camping, fishing, and recreation. The County Fair, third largest in the state, is held here.
Highway 2 passes through town from the south and becomes highway 2 and 71 twelve miles west of town. Highway 87 leaves No. 385 east of town and becomes No. 2 at Hemingford.
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The town of Hickman is located about 15 miles south of Lincoln, Nebraska and near Salt Creek. The population is around 1000 people. Local attractions include Stagecoach and Wagon Train state parks that are close by. The town produces a yearly Hay Day festival with folk music, games and contests.