Giltner is a village in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.01 km2), all land.

By 1890, there was a local newspaper called the Bromfield Bulletin, as well as a number of stores and services, a lumberyard, two grain elevators, a school, a saloon and a church.

The new name was chosen to honor H. M. Giltner, the minister who had established the town's Presbyterian church.

There were 151 housing units at an average density of 387.2 per square mile (149.5/km2).

18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 153 housing units at an average density of 504.8 per square mile (194.9/km2).

22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.