Jalapa (aka Jalapa City aka Jalappa) is a bygone-never-incorporated small city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.

It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Hooper on the north side of Maple Creek (a tributary to the Elkhorn River) in Section 5 of Nickerson Township.

It is also about 9 miles (14 km) north and nine miles west of Fremont.

The Jalapa Post Office was established January 18, 1859, at the home of Henry Clay Campbell, who served as its first Postmaster.

The Jalapa Post Office was discontinued July 11, 1870, and replaced by the Hooper Post Office.