Ames is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 14.
Ames lies along U.S. Route 30, west of the city of Fremont, the county seat of Dodge County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 63. Its elevation is above sea level, and it is located at about (41.4523625, -96.6251658). It has a post office with the ZIP code of 68621.Zip Code Lookup
History A post office was established at Ames in 1885. The community was formerly named Ketchum but renamed Ames, likely for Oakes Ames, a Union Pacific Railroad official.Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26. Ames was a station and shipping point on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Demographics
Ames' population declined from 24 to 14 between the 2010 and 2020 Censuses.
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