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Like most early western communities, Wisner's real existence dates only from the time of the arrival of the railroad. Settlers were in the vicinity as early as the mid 1850s. The town site was surveyed and platted in 1871 by J.W.E. Farrell and became incorporated on May 14, 1873. The F.E.&M.V. Railroad stockholders purchased the tract of land and named it Wisner after S.P. Wisner, a vice president of the railroad company. Growth in the community was constant as lots were sold and dwellings and businesses were erected. For eight years the town was the terminus of the railroad making it a central shipping point for agricultural products and livestock. Hence, the livestock feeding industry developed in close proximity of Wisner. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisner%2C_Nebraska
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