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Strang is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, in Belle Prairie Township.

Strang got its start in the 1880s with the building of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad through the territory, and it was first settled in 1886 under the name Media.

Within about a month the settlement was renamed Bixby, because 'Media' was thought to sound like too many other towns in the area.

In April 1886 the town took the name Strang, after A. L. Strang donated a windmill and water pump to the community — and that windmill still stands today on Main Street in downtown Strang.

Fires repeatedly ravaged the young town; the most destructive fire, on July 12, 1934, consumed an entire block including the post office, a grocery store, a cafe and a residence.

Three Strang buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Strang Town Hall and jail building, the Belle Prairie Township Hall, and the Strang Public School.

The historic Strang Public School closed in 2007.

The village owns the Strang Museum on Main Street, keeps a public library, and maintains Strang City Park with picnic and camper hook-up facilities, Pumper Park playground, and Elmer Messman Memorial Field for baseball and softball.

Strang sits along U.S. Highway 81 just south of Nebraska Highway 74, with Nebraska Spur 30D running through the center of town as Main Street.

Strang's population peaked at 269 residents in the 1890 census; the 2010 census counted 29 people in 13 households, and the 2020 census counted about 30.