Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Anselmo, NE

Anselmo is an incorporated village in Victoria Township in Custer County, in the ranching country at the southeastern edge of the Nebraska Sandhills.

Anselmo was platted in 1886 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point, and it was named for Anselmo B. Smith, a railroad official.

The village grew quickly in the railroad era and peaked at 472 residents in the 1930 census, more than four times its present size.

The 2020 census counted 108 residents in Anselmo, down from 145 in 2010.

In the 2010 census Anselmo had 145 people living in 62 households, with a median age of 45.5 years and 98.6% of residents identifying as White.

Anselmo covers just 0.27 square miles of land at an elevation of about 2,605 feet, using ZIP code 68813.

NOAA's Anselmo 2 WSW weather station records about 25 inches of precipitation and 34 inches of snow per year, with recorded extremes of 109 degrees Fahrenheit and minus 37 degrees.

Computer pioneer Jay Wright Forrester was born on a cattle ranch near Anselmo in 1918, where as a teenager he built a wind-driven electrical system from old car parts that gave the ranch its first electric power.

Forrester went on to lead MIT's Whirlwind computer project, co-invent magnetic core memory, and found the field of system dynamics, earning the National Medal of Technology in 1989.

Anselmo children are served by the Anselmo-Merna Public Schools district, whose elementary and high schools are located in nearby Merna.