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==History==
The city is named for Charles E. Friend<ref>{{cite book | url=https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=falsedetails/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n131 132]}}</ref> who homesteaded the land and initially named the community Friendville. He operated a dry goods store and post office. In 1873 the [[Burlington and Missouri River Railroad]] named its new train station there "Friend."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.friend.ne.us/geninfo.htm |title=Friend, Nebraska -ci.friend.ne.us |access-date=2009-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628195414/http://www.ci.friend.ne.us/geninfo.htm |archive-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The [[National Greyhound Association]] was founded in the community in 1906 (called at the time National [[Coursing]] Association).<ref>[http://www.ngagreyhounds.com/History.asp History of the Greyhound and Greyhound Racing - The Greyhound Review, February 2006]</ref>
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