Town file
Alvo, Nebraska
Alvo, Nebraska (Cass County, Nebraska) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 325, "The Devil's Gift" (8 October 2022). This express episode concerns Alvo, Nebraska, a community of about 100 people in the east of the state, thirty minutes from Lincoln and forty from Omaha.
- Town
- Alvo
- County
- Cass County
- State
- Nebraska
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 325
- Approximate location
- 40.872, -96.387
Episode 325 / 8 October 2022 / 66 min / express
The Devil's Gift
"James: 'Alvo Nebraska', in eastern Nebraska, 30 minutes to Lincoln and 40 minutes to Omaha, about a hundred people; county taken from the Cass County Sheriff's Department named in the Eagle review" about 0:03:01
The case: Murder of Lane Jorgenson Rowe (May 1980). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 138 people
- Median household income
- $41,250
- Median home value
- $189,800
History, in brief
- Early settlers came to Alvo in about 1869, with a post office and a couple of schools; the railroad was the main reason the town exists. about 0:03:48
- The town is named after Alvo, the first child born after people started coming, the daughter of the railroad master. about 0:04:14
- The town motto is 'It is unique'; no other community in the United States is known by the name Alvo. about 0:03:41
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Met many nice and welcoming people in Eagle; would like to see the business community grow."about 0:05:03
4 stars
"A very friendly, family-oriented community with youth organisations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; 15 minutes from Lincoln and connected to the MoPac trail; has a park, pool and local businesses; the Cass County Sheriff's Department and volunteer firefighters keep it relatively safe."about 0:05:32
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Murdock, Nebraska6.6 miles
- Yutan, Nebraska26 miles
- Wilber, Nebraska41 miles
- Shenandoah, Iowa54 miles
- Lyons, Nebraska74 miles
- Rulo, Nebraska76 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.