Minersville is a former railroad town in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It was located approximately 5 miles to the south-southwest of Nebraska City and 2 miles east of the Nebraska City Municipal Airport. It was founded in the 1850s and dissolved by the early 1900s. The town was on the Missouri River until the Army Corps of Engineers redirected th…Minersville is a former railroad town in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It was located approximately 5 miles to the south-southwest of Nebraska City and 2 miles east of the Nebraska City Municipal Airport. It was founded in the 1850s and dissolved by the early 1900s. The town was on the Missouri River until the Army Corps of Engineers redirected the river 1.5 miles to the east.