Map of Overton village, Nebraska

Overton is a village in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 594 at the 2010 census.

Overton village overview:
Name:	Overton village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Nebraska
County:	Dawson County
Elevation:	2,320 ft (707 m)
Total Area:	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km²)
Land Area:	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	607
Population Density:	1,124.07/sq mi (433.76/km²)
ZIP code:	68834, 68863
Area code:	308
FIPS code:	3137770
GNISfeature ID:	0831932

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History

Overton got its start following construction of the Union Pacific Railroad through the territory. The town was first settled in 1873.

A group of African Canadian families from Elgin, Ontario began moving near Overton in 1879. Over the course of five years, members of the Robinson, Guilds, Green, Emanuel, Riley, Hatter, Small, and Walker families relocated to Nebraska, filing homestead petitions and starting farms. Many of these families left Dawson County by 1907 to move to DeWitty in Cherry County.

The Plectron company, which manufactured alert radio receivers used by fire departments, was started in Overton in 1955; it transferred operations to Lexington in the 1980s