Neligh NEE-lee is a city and county seat in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,599 at the 2010 census. In 1872…Neligh NEE-lee is a city and county seat in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,599 at the 2010 census. In 1872, John D. Neligh and a few of his friends took a trip up the Elkhorn River from West Point, Nebraska. Neligh took note of the scenic landscape and thought it would be the ideal setting for a town and the county seat. He immediately left for Omaha to buy 520 acres for the town site. Misunderstanding the prime land he was selling, Omaha banker Herman Kountze sold the land required to develop Neligh. He was apparently not aware it would make the ideal county seat, which Neligh eventually became. The records were moved to Neligh on January 1, 1884. Neligh was platted in 1873 by John Neligh and others, and named for him.
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