History · Champion

Champion’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Champion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos
Lovers' Lane, Champion, Neb, 1920 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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Champion was named for Champion S. Chase, a Nebraska politician.

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Timeline

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1920s2 items · Lovers' Lane, Champion, NebCommons
1930–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLovers' Lane, Champion, Neb, 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Champion, decade by decade

1930s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

1 historic place in Champion

1 place in Champion is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Nebraskaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1988first listedChampion Mill

Where they are

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Districts

Architectural styles

From each listing’s National Archives record
Early factory type with full monitor frame and joist construction1

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lovers' Lane, Champion, Neb (1920) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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