Stella is a village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States.

[5] An August 1881 public meeting of local farmers led to an arrangement for the Missouri Pacific Railroad to be extended to that point.

[8] The track reached Stella in December 1881 and a station building was raised on January 7, 1882.

Detailed biographical sketches of more than 200 local families were included in the "Souvenir.

"[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2), all land.

32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.18% White, 0.91% Native American, and 0.91% from two or more races.

About 4.6% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 15.6% of those 65 or over.

[13] On January 1, 2009, it merged into the Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer School District.