Niobrara (/ˌnaɪ.əˈbrærə/; Omaha: Ní Ubthátha [5]Tʰáⁿwaⁿgthaⁿ [nĩꜜ ubɫᶞaꜜɫᶞa tʰãꜜwãŋɡɫᶞã], meaning "water spread-out village")[6] is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.

[3] Niobrara was founded in 1856, when a group of men headed by a Dr. Benneville Yeakel Shelly marked their claim to an area on the banks of the Missouri River.

There, a fort was built to protect the early settlers from Indian attacks.

[8][9] Nebraska highways 12 and 14 run through the village, Highway 14 connects Nebraska with South Dakota via the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge, just east of the village across the Missouri River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.73 square miles (1.89 km2), all land.

[10] The Niobrara River, which is right next to the town, actually courses through the Mormon Canal rather than its original riverbed.

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.