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History · Creston
Creston’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Creston yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
0 old photos & papers
1 historic places
What stands out about Creston’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Creston’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Creston’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Creston came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Creston.
Read it all → Creston was laid out in 1886 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named from its lofty elevation. Creston was originally built up chiefly by Germans. The town was incorporated as a village in 1890.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
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Creston, decade by decade On the National Register 1 historic place in Creston The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Citizens State Bank
in Nebraska
#107
by listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people Famous people close to Creston Nobody well known was born in Creston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Stories next door
History across the town line
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Creston? → Who remembers Creston in the 1950s? → A family story from old Creston → Does anyone have photos of Creston from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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