Hyannis Nebraska, founded in 1887, by Anselmo B. Smith a civil engineer that worked for the railroad company, he named it for Hyannis, Massachusetts where he had grown up.
Hyannis, the county seat of Grant County, is located in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills along the main line of the Burlington , Northern and Santa Fe Railroad. It is a thriving town with pioneer spirit and a deep sense of family values. Hyannis has several businesses within it's limits including repair shops, 2 banks, a grocery store, veterinary service, lumber yard, flower shop, a family doctor, and a newly remodeled hotel that is still located in it's original building, built in 1898. During the hotel's early life, it was the ''Home Away from Home" for most of the cattlemen that came to town to ship their cattle to Omaha and St. Joesph, Missouri.
The Hyannis Hotel was enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 1976.
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