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History · Bryan

Bryan’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bryan Township is one of eleven townships in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 110 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 110 to 73 (-34%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bryan 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 Bryan’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Bryan

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RGRodney A. GrantMacy · 11 miDuke EriksonDuke EriksonLyons · 14 miAngel De CoraAngel De CoraThurston · 7 miLRLisa RohdeWakefield · 18 miAlvin Saunders JohnsonAlvin Saunders JohnsonHomer · 14 miMel HarderMel HarderBeemer · 18 mi
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Bryan, 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 Bryan is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bryan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Susan La Flesche Picotte House in Walthill, 4.8 miles away.

Bryan and the nearest listed places

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Susan La Flesche Picotte HousePicotte, Dr. Susan, Memorial HospitalRattlesnake Creek BridgeThurston County CourthouseFirst Thurston County CourthouseNeihardt, John G., Study

Closest to Bryan

Susan La Flesche Picotte HouseWalthill · Built 19074.8miPicotte, Dr. Susan, Memorial HospitalWalthill · Building4.8miRattlesnake Creek BridgeBancroft · Structure5.7miThurston County CourthousePender · Building6.6miFirst Thurston County CourthousePender · Building6.6mi

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. Susan La Flesche Picotte House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bryan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bryan’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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📜 Walthill📜 Bancroft📜 Pender📜 Omaha
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