The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established at Agnew in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1978. The community was named for William James Agnew, a railroad official. Agnew was platted in 1889.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Agnew’s history is told.
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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 Agnew is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Agnew has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nine-Mile Prairie in Lincoln, 10.2 miles away.
Agnew and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Agnew
Nine-Mile PrairieLincoln · Site10.2miGermantown State Bank BuildingGarland · Building10.2miLincoln Army Air Field Regimental ChapelLincoln · Building10.7miUpper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California RoadRichardson · Site11.3miFremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad DepotDwight · Building11.7mi
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. Nine-Mile Prairie’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Agnew?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Agnew’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.