1890: Archer is a station on the Arcadia branch of the B. & M. R. R., in the central partof Merrick county, eight miles from Central city, the county seat, and has a population of 75. The Methodist, Episcopal and the Baptist denominations have churches here. (1890 U.P.R.R. Gazetteer)

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