Superior is a city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States.

[4] The downtown area is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; along with many of the older houses in the city, it has been maintained or restored to its Victorian appearance.

[7] In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a branch line from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior.

At some point, the line from Neva to Lost Springs was pulled but the right of way has not been abandoned.

Superior was one of the smallest cities in America that supported a professional minor league baseball team, the Superior Senators (1956–58) of the Nebraska State League.

In October 2021, a local grain elevator was the site of a workplace shooting, in which two employees were killed and another person injured.

One fatality occurred[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.89 square miles (4.90 km2), all land.

[11] At the 2010 census there were 1,957 people, 948 households, and 527 families living in the city.

There were 1,109 housing units at an average density of 588 per square mile (227/km2).