ST. DEROIN

NAME: St. deroin COUNTY: Nemaha ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Cold and snowy winters warm and humid summers BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer & fall

COMMENTS: Ten miles south of brownville on state highway 67, then five miles east on s64e. Located in indian cave state park. REMAINS: Cemetery

St. Deroin was founded in 1854 by joseph deroin, an indian trader. A post office was established there in 1861 and closed in 1910. It was an important steamboat landing on the missouri river that had a promising future. Then the railroads missed it and the missouri began to eat away at the town site itself. By 1920 st. Deroin was a ghost town. Submitted by: Kieth buss

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