Thayer is a village of 44 residents (2020 Census) in York County — not to be confused with Thayer County, a separate Nebraska county roughly 60 miles away whose seat is Hebron. Both places share a namesake: John Milton Thayer, a Union Army general during the Civil War who also served as a Reconstruction-era U.S. Senator from Nebraska. The village of Thayer was platted in 1887 when the railroad reached the site.

Thayer's population has declined sharply, from 71 in 2000 to 44 in 2020. It has no post office of its own and shares ZIP code 68460 with the larger neighboring village of Waco. Documented history beyond its founding and railroad-era platting is sparse, so this page stays intentionally brief rather than manufacturing detail.

Thayer (pop. 44), platted in 1887 and named for Civil War general and U.S. Senator John Milton Thayer, is a small village that shares its ZIP code with neighboring Waco — and, coincidentally, its namesake with the separate, unrelated Thayer County.