Golf in Stanton

Stanton in Stanton County is a small agricultural community along the Elkhorn River in northeastern Nebraska, a county seat serving the grain farming and livestock operations of the Elkhorn Valley. The Elkhorn River's natural corridor provides tree cover and natural variety that distinguish this part of the northeast from more exposed terrain. Elkhorn Acres Golf Course takes its name from the river and serves a community that maintains its recreational golf as a point of civic investment. Stanton County's agricultural economy centers on the Elkhorn River valley's corn and soybean farming, supported by irrigation infrastructure that has increased yields over the past half century. Elkhorn Acres Golf Course serves a county seat that has maintained its basic civic services through the kind of collective community investment that rural Nebraska has always depended on.