Emmet is a village in Holt County, Nebraska, United States.

Emmet was founded in 1882 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point.

[5][6] Like much of Holt County, the Emmet area is well suited for production of wild hay.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the village was 96.10% White, 1.30% African American, 2.60% from other races.

There were 23.8% of families and 27.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 40.0% of under eighteens and 44.4% of those over 64.