{{Short description|Census-designated place in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Max, Nebraska |settlement_type = Census-designated place

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'''Max''' is a census-designated place in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. Max's population as of 2020 was 50.<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3131150| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Max CDP, Nebraska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| accessdate=April 30, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501032616/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3131150| archive-date=May 1, 2022| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Description== Max is located in eastern Dundy County, along U.S. Route 34 (US 34) in the valley of the Republican River. Via US 34 it is {{convert|9|mi|0}} southwest to Benkelman, the county seat, and {{convert|10|mi|0}} east to Stratton. Its elevation is {{Convert|2900|ft}} above sea level.<ref>{{gnis|831092}}</ref>

==History== The first settlement at Max was made in 1880.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=58| isbn=0803250606 }} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref> The community named itself in honor of the postmaster, Max Monivisin.<ref>{{cite book|title=Exploring Nebraska Highways: Trip Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjRdGsXE_joC&pg=PA164|year=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=978-0-9744358-7-9|pages=164}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |2020= 50 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}{{clear left}}

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Max, Nebraska}}

{{Dundy County, Nebraska}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Census-designated places in Dundy County, Nebraska Category:Census-designated places in Nebraska

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