Martell (also Martel) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads southwest of the city of Lincoln, the county seat of Lancaster County and Nebraska's state capital.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 63. Although Martell is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 68404.Zip Code Lookup The population was 125 at the 2020 census.
History Martell was named after Charles Martel, the 8th-century Duke of the Franks. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons. The community's name was also spelled Martel until the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Martell" in 1896., Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26.
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