According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2), all land.

[4] The first settlers of European descent arrived in the Beemer area by prairie schooner in 1864, seeking land under the Homestead Act.

The earliest settlers in Beemer Township included M. Brayrerton, George Graham, Joseph S. Emley, Robert Fehlmann, Dr. H.H.

Schneald, William Sharp and two sons Martin and Silas, Casper Schifferns, David Simons, Wm.

Spencer, Benjamin Ewing, John Wagaoner, Henry White, James Wilson, and William Witte.

[6] West of Beemer, a small stream called Rock Creek flows into the south side of the Elkhorn River.

[7] As the railway was extended, water stops were needed at 7-to-10-mile (11 to 16 km) intervals to support the steam locomotives.

[10] The telegraph station at the water stop located at the site of present-day Beemer was named after the nearest significant settlement, Rock Creek, and used the call letters "R C".

On July 15, 1886, in response to a petition of 54 residents, a village named Beemer was incorporated with Harry Delmont, W.D.

The paper assailed ills like the muddy streets, the lack of sidewalks, and the excessive number of taverns; and it reported on more favorable developments like improvements to the schooling, new commercial enterprises, and major modernizations such as waterworks, electrification, road improvements, and telephone systems.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was built at the northeast corner of Fifth and Beemer Streets and dedicated September 5, 1886.

The first St. John's Lutheran Church building, with a 44-foot (13 m) steeple, was built on the southeast corner of Third and Lambrecht streets and dedicated July 2, 1893.

The Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, at the southwest corner of Sixth and Frasier streets, was dedicated on September 20, 1914.

By 1886, in order to support its 32 enrolled pupils, a two-room, frame building was built on the southwest corner of Fifth and Beemer Streets.

In 1917, the village passed another bond issue for a new school building on the northeast corner of Third and Blaine Streets.

C&NW ended railroad service in the spring of 1982, after flooding damaged many sections of the track & abandonment was applied for.

The village operates its own works system in the eastern outskirts of town and a sewage treatment plant located close to the nearby Elkhorn River.