Broken Bow Map
Broken Bow is a city in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Custer County.
According to the 1939 Federal Writers' Project Guide for Nebraska: “Broken Bow (alt. 2480, pop. 2715), platted in 1882, is a shipping center for livestock, hay, and grain. It has factories making cigars and brooms, two hotels, and an airport. After the Post Office Department had rejected several proposed names, Wilson Hewitt, a homesteader, suggested its present name on finding a broken bow on an old Indian burial ground.”
According to the United States Census Bureau, Broken Bow has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2), all of it land.
Nearby cities include Ansley, Callaway, Anselmo, Oconto, Merna.