| Lindy, Nebraska | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Image Alt: | False-fronted building and sheet-metal building on paved street; farm fields in background |
| Pushpin Map: | Nebraska#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Lindy |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 42.7342°N -97.74°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Knox |
| Established Title: | Townsite surveyed |
| Established Date: | 1928 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.59 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.59 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1611 |
| Population Total: | 13 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5.03 |
| Timezone1: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 68718 |
| Area Code: | 402 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 31-28140 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583888 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.00 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 13.03 |
Lindy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the Santee Sioux Reservation in Knox County, in the northeastern part of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 13.[2]
Lindy is in northeastern Knox County, 7miles south of the Missouri River and the South Dakota border. Nebraska Highway 12 forms the southern edge of the community; the highway leads east to Crofton and west to Niobrara.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lindy CDP has an area of 2.59sqkm, all land.[2] The community is in the valley of Hoboe Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of Howe Creek, which in turn flows west to Bazile Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Missouri River.
Lindy was established late in the state's history. The townsite was surveyed in 1928, in response to demand for a local marketing and shopping center. Development was further encouraged by a rumor, which later proved unfounded, suggesting that a railroad line might be built through the area. The new town was named after Charles Lindbergh, nicknamed "Lucky Lindy", who the year before had made his celebrated non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris.
During its heyday, Lindy had a number of businesses, including a hardware store, a barbershop, an ice-cream parlor, a blacksmith shop, and an electrical-appliances shop. It also boasted a large hall with a full basement for a garage, a dance hall and movie theater on the second floor, and office and living space on the third. This building was dismantled in 1944. From 1944 to 1958, the local Addison Telephone Company operated out of Lindy.
In later years, Lindy's population declined and its businesses closed. In 1978, it had a population of 38. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the town's feed store, general store, and gas pumps were shut down or moved away. By 2002, there were 13 residents.
Lindy is an unincorporated community. It is home to one commercial enterprise, the Lindy Country Club restaurant and bar; to a single church, the Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church; and to a fire hall, operated by the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Unit.
Lindy is located on Nebraska Highway 12. It is within the Santee Sioux Reservation.
In 2001, a number of northeastern Nebraska communities formed Shannon Trail Promoters, with the goal of increasing tourism in the forthcoming bicentennial year of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The organization commissioned thirteen wooden chainsaw sculptures of Private George Shannon, a member of the expedition who became separated from the group in August 1804 and wandered lost for 16 days before rediscovering the party. These statues were placed in participating communities along a 240miles Shannon Trail. Sixteen wayside markers recounting aspects of Shannon's career were also installed along the trail, which runs through the region in which Shannon is thought to have traveled while trying to find and rejoin the expedition. A statue and a marker were placed in Lindy, beside the country club.