Princeton is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.

[4] A post office was established in Princeton in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1959.

Leon Riley, a baseball player and manager and father of National Basketball Association player, head coach and manager Pat Riley, was born here.

During a playing career that stretched from 1927 to 1942 and 1944 to 1949, Riley appeared in 2,267 minor league games for 21 different teams, with a brief trial with the 1944 Philadelphia Phillies during the World War II manpower shortage.

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