The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dawson was originally known as Noraville, and under the latter name was platted in 1872 when the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was extended to that point. The name Noraville caused considerable strife among the town's residents, who insisted on calling their town Dawson, after Joshua Dawson, an early settler.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dawson’s history is told.
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Dawson, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Dawson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dawson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Miles Ranch in Dawson, 3.2 miles away.
Dawson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
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 (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.