Nebraska This World-Wide Web site is devoted to recounting the history of Gage County from its early frontier days to the present. Historic information about the county has been compiled by the members of the Gage County Historical Society .
Gage County is located in south central Nebraska.
It was named in honor of the Reverend William Gage, a Methodist minister, who was chaplain of the first territorial assembly in 1856. Between 1855 and 1882, the southern half of the county was set aside for the Otoe-Missouria Indian Reservation. The Oregon Trail enters Nebraska and crosses the southwest corner of Gage County. It was along this trail some 300,000 emigrants crossed the frontier on their way west in the 1840's. A number of other less known frontier trails also bisect the county.