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Creighton is a city in Knox County in northeastern Nebraska.

Creighton developed out of the "Bruce Colony" settlement of 1871, and a charter was obtained in 1874 to plat the north side of what is now the city's mile-long Main Street.

The town is generally said to be named for the Creighton family of Omaha — the family behind Creighton University — though accounts differ on whether Edward or John Creighton was the specific namesake.

In Creighton's early years, food and supplies were hauled in by wagon from Yankton and West Point, mostly in winter so the frozen rivers could be crossed; the railroad's arrival in 1881 secured the town's survival.

Creighton became a second-class city in 1907, the same year a two-story brick school was built in the south part of town.

After 33 years without a hospital, local citizens led by the Lundberg family built a modern hospital in 1953 that remains the only hospital in Knox County.

The 2020 census counted 1,147 people in Creighton; the 2010 census recorded 538 households.

Creighton's population peaked at 1,461 in 1970, and at the 2010 census its median age of 47.7 years reflected its many retirees — over 30 percent of residents were 65 or older.

Creighton celebrates BerryPepper Days each year around the third full weekend of June; the festival's namesake BerryPepper is a frozen drink originally made by mixing Dr Pepper and strawberry soda in paper cups.

A newspaper was founded in Creighton in 1889, the same year a fire destroyed an entire business block, prompting a unique fire-protection system that drew water directly from Bazile Creek into a wooden storage tower.