Practically all of the leading church denominations have organizations and church buildings in the county. The Catholics have churches in Alliance and Hemingford and Lawn. The Methodists have churches at Alliance, Hemingford, and at Fairview, twelve miles northeast of Alliance. The Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Seventh Day Adventists, and Lutherans each maintain a church in Alliance. The Congregationalists have a church in Hemingford.

The people are sufficiently interested in religious matters to support their ministers, as well or better than in other communities of much larger population.

The Salvation Army maintains a corps at Alliance, being one of only five in the entire state of Nebraska.

Press

The press has played an important part in the development of the county, and has had many ups and downs, the number of papers published varying at different times.

At the organization of the county in 1887, there were three papers published, which is the same number as at present. At Hemingford was published "The Gleaner," with Joseph Hare as editor and Publisher. The "Box Butte Rustler" was published by Charles A. Burlew, while "Gene Heath's Grip" flourished at Nonpareil. Soon after this "The Gleaner" was purchased by Gilman Brothers, moved to Nonpareil, and its name changed to that of "Box Butte County Republican:" It survived one year when it gave up the ghost.

During the summer of 1887 the "Northwestern Times" was established at Nonpareil by H. B. Fetz and W. E. Hitchcock. After two months publication it was moved to Grand Lake and its name changed to "Grand Lake Times." In the spring of 1888 it was again moved to the present town of Alliance and the name changed to "Alliance Times," and continued under the same ownership and management until 1892 when it was purchased by H. J. Ellis, and continued under his ownership and management for a number of years.