Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad, 1907. Dixon County The founder of the Norwegian settlement in the vicinity of Lime Grove, the oldest Norwegian settlement in Nebraska, was Mons Nilsen from Vossevangen. He settled there in 1857 or 1868. Otherwise, many of the families living there are from communities east of Kristiania. There are two Norwegian congregations and two churches, one of the congregations belongs to The United Church, the other to The Norwegian Synod.