Kilgore is a village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

Kilgore was founded, under the name of Boulware, in 1883 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point.

During that era, Kilgore "boasted a post office, a medical doctor, a pharmacist, four general merchandise stores, two hotels, a livery stable, a lumber yard, hardware store, a harness and blacksmith shop, two new car dealerships, a hair dresser, pool hall, barber shop, bulk oil plant, three filling stations, a well driller, a livestock trucker, a full-time railroad depot, and a grain and feed elevator.

There were two passenger trains each way each day, a town dray wagon, a small dairy, a meat market, two saloons, and several bootleggers who sold liquor to the Indians.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Kilgore has a total area of 0.45 square miles (1.17 km2), all land.

36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.