Jalapa, Nebraska

Jalapa (aka Jalapa City aka Jalappa) is a bygone-never-incorporated small city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. It is about 3 miles south of Hooper on the north side of Maple Creek (a tributary to the Elkhorn River) in Section 5 of Nickerson Township. It is also about 9 miles north and nine miles west of Fremont.

Post office
The Jalapa Post Office was established January 18, 1859, at the home of Henry Clay Campbell, who served as its first Postmaster. The Jalapa Post Office was discontinued July 11, 1870, and replaced by the Hooper Post Office.

Notable people

 * Fannie Brown Patrick (1864–1939), musician and women's suffragist, married Frank Goodwill Patrick (1854–1922) April 4, 1888, in Jalapa.