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Barneston’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Barneston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The present-day town of Barneston was settled at the site of one of the largest Oto villages in the 19th century. The agency and a trading post were located there. Barneston was founded by a French fur trapper who was married to an Oto woman.

Barnestown was platted in 1884 when the Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named after Francis M. Barnes, an early settler.

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Harold LloydHarold LloydBurchard · 14 miMoondogMoondogMarysville · 12 miMichael McClureMichael McClureMarysville · 12 miRERalph Nelson ElliottMarysville · 12 miTOThomas OlmstedOketo · 6 miKenneth S. WherryKenneth S. WherryLiberty · 3 mi
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Barneston, 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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Today2 photos
Barneston, NECommonsBarneston, NE2017NEMap-doton-BarnestonCommonsNEMap-doton-Barneston2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Barneston is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Barneston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Z. H. Moore Store in Oketo, 6 miles away.

Barneston and the nearest listed places

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Z. H. Moore StoreMission Creek BridgeLake Bridenthal HouseJohnson Cabin MuseumBig Indian Creek BridgeBloody Run Bridge

Closest to Barneston

Z. H. Moore StoreOketo · Building6miMission Creek BridgeLiberty · Structure6.6miLake Bridenthal HouseWymore · Building7miJohnson Cabin MuseumBlue Springs · Building7.9miBig Indian Creek BridgePaddock · Structure8.3mi

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. Z. H. Moore Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Barneston?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Barneston’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

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📜 Liberty📜 Barneston📜 Liberty📜 Oketo

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