The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Belgrade was established in 1889 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The village was named after Belgrade, capital of Serbia.
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CommonsBelgrade, Nebraska village office and fire dept2012
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CommonsBelgrade, Nebraska AF&AM-Cooley bldg2012
CommonsNEMap-doton-Belgrade2005National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Belgrade is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Belgrade has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cedar Rapids City Hall and Library in Cedar Rapids, 7.4 miles away.
Belgrade and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Belgrade
Cedar Rapids City Hall and LibraryCedar Rapids · Building7.4mi
St. Anthony's Church and SchoolCedar Rapids · Romanesque Revival · Built 19117.5mi
Merrill, Moses, Baptist CampFullerton · District7.8mi
Evangelical United Brethren ChurchFullerton · Built 19009.1miAlbion Carnegie LibraryAlbion · Built 190815.5miHow 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. Cedar Rapids City Hall and Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Belgrade?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Belgrade’s story, or a memory of it.
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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 (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.