[1] In 1886, several local businessmen marketed 300 acres of land as free real estate for a college, hoping that a town would form around the college and increase the property value of their adjacent land holdings.

[3] Cotner College also offered courses in religious and biblical studies, education, business, and liberal arts.

[4] However, Cotner College as an institution continued to exist in various forms, such as the Cotner School of Religion which operated two locations, one opened in 1945 across the street from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's East Campus and the other opened in 1954 across the street from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln's Downtown Campus.

[5] These locations allowed UNL students to minor in religious studies through dual enrollment at both Cotner and the University of Nebraska.

[3][5] Aylesworth Hall, the main building of Cotner College, was demolished in the early 1950s and the land was sold off as individual residential lots.