Craig is a village in Burt County, Nebraska, United States.

During the 19th century the land near Craig was inhabited by the Pawnee, Otoe-Missouria, and Omaha people.

American Indian inhabitants were numerous when white settlement began in the 1860s.

[4]: 1, 54 The village was established as a water-station on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and named for early settler William Stewart Craig, who in the early 1880s donated the land on which the town was built.

[6] Craig's Main Street was a busy commercial center prior to the 1920s, when the introduction of automobiles made it easier to shop elsewhere.

[7] Craig has a distinctive standpipe water tower dating from the early 20th century.

[8] Most of the town is situated on a single hillside overlooking the Bell Creek valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.28 square miles (0.73 km2), all land.