Berks is an

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in Lancaster and Saline counties,

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, United States. The community is located approximately three miles northeast of

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on the

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Railroad Line and one-half mile north of Nebraska Highway 33.

History

Some people hold Berks was the name of an early settler, while others believe the community was named after

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. The name was also probably chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops on the new Burlington & Quincy Railroad line traveling westward from Lincoln: Berks,

, Dorchester,

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, Fairmont, Grafton, Huxley, etc. The Berks post office was discontinued in 1912.

References

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