| Cheney, Nebraska | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nebraska##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Label: | Cheney |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.37 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.37 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 164 |
| Population Density Km2: | 448.21 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1444 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7261°N -96.5936°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 68526 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 31-08990 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806911 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1163.12 |
Cheney is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
In 1867, the Midland Pacific Railroad was established in Nebraska City.[2] Midland Pacific began to build a line to Lincoln the following year, passing through the land owned by Mr. Cheney. A station was created on his land in 1871, named Cheney's Station.[3] The village of Cheney was platted in 1874, a triangular map along the railroad. The first school was built in 1874 and a post office was established at Cheney in 1876.[4]
Cheney has played host to a lumberyard, a grocery store, three churches, a bank, a hardware store, a grain elevator, a general store, and a dance hall through the years, despite never growing past a population of 49. Formerly, Cheney was the eastern terminus of Lincoln's Old Cheney Road, a major east-west street in the city, but Old Cheney today passes roughly two miles north of the village of Cheney.
Lincoln's southeastward expansion means that Cheney is bordered by the city of Lincoln to the north and west. As the village is triangular, this means that only the eastern portion of Cheney is not immediately bordered by Lincoln.
A portion of Cheney is in Lincoln Public Schools.[5]