[5] Development was further encouraged by a rumor, which later proved unfounded, suggesting that a railroad line might be built through the area.

[6] The new town was named after Charles Lindbergh, nicknamed "Lucky Lindy", who the year before had made his celebrated non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris.

[7] It is home to one commercial enterprise, the Lindy Country Club restaurant and bar;[8] to a single church, the Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church;[9][10] and to a fire hall, operated by the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Unit.

[12] In 2001, a number of northeastern Nebraska communities formed Shannon Trail Promoters, with the goal of increasing tourism in the forthcoming bicentennial year of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The organization commissioned thirteen wooden chainsaw sculptures of Private George Shannon, a member of the expedition who became separated from the group in August 1804 and wandered lost for 16 days before rediscovering the party.