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Nebraska’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Nebraska. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Nebraska Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,298 and it contained 613 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,433 to 1,298 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nebraska yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nebraska’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Nebraska

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Fulton J. SheenFulton J. SheenEl Paso · 12 miPTPatricia TallmanPontiac · 12 miMoira HarrisMoira HarrisPontiac · 12 miStan AlbeckStan AlbeckChenoa · 13 miCTCharles ThomMinonk · 6 miNatashia WilliamsNatashia WilliamsPontiac · 12 mi
By decade

Nebraska, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Nebraska is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nebraska has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Memorial Bandstand of Long Point in Long Point, 8.6 miles away.

Nebraska and the nearest listed places

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Memorial Bandstand of Long PointIllinois State Police Office, PontiacIllinois Central Railroad and Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad Freight HouseEl Paso Public LibraryRoute 66, Cayuga to ChenoaMatthew T. Scott House

Closest to Nebraska

Memorial Bandstand of Long PointLong Point · Structure8.6miIllinois State Police Office, PontiacPontiac · Building12miIllinois Central Railroad and Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad Freight HouseEl Paso · Building12.1miEl Paso Public LibraryEl Paso · Building12.1miRoute 66, Cayuga to ChenoaChenoa · Structure12.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Memorial Bandstand of Long Point’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Nebraska?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Nebraska’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Flanagan📜 Waldo📜 Minonk📜 Dana
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