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History · Edgar

Edgar’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Edgar. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
11recent photos

The story

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The first post office at Edgar was established in 1872. Edgar was platted as a town in 1873, when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for the son of a pioneer settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

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1888Identified! Julius S Whitten, b. Edgar, Nebrask…Commons
1890–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIdentified! Julius S Whitten, b. …, 1888: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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HSHoward S. SearleMilitaryOWOssie WibergSportsWilliam L. HughesWilliam L. HughesSportsBLBlossom Edith LenfestNotableHFHarvey Irvin FisherScience & Medicine
By decade

Edgar, decade by decade

1880s1 item
Identified! Julius S Whitten, b. Edgar, Nebraska 1888CommonsIdentified! Julius S Whitten, b. Edgar, Nebraska 18881888
1890s–
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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Today11 photos
Edgar, Nebraska C Street 10CommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 102010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 09 Saathoff Hardware 2CommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 09 Saathoff Hardware 22010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 08 Saathoff Hardware 1CommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 08 Saathoff Hardware 12010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 07 post officeCommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 07 post office2010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 06 End Zone BarCommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 06 End Zone Bar2010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 05 Hansen law officeCommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 05 Hansen law office2010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 04CommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 042010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 03CommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 032010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 02 Hair DimensionsCommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 02 Hair Dimensions2010Edgar, Nebraska C Street 01 Hair DimensionsCommonsEdgar, Nebraska C Street 01 Hair Dimensions2010NEMap-doton-EdgarCommonsNEMap-doton-Edgar2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Edgar is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edgar has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stewart Bridge in Logan, 6.2 miles away.

Edgar and the nearest listed places

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Stewart BridgeFairfield Carnegie LibraryClay Center Library and GymnasiumClay County CourthouseStockholm Swedish Lutheran Church and CemeterySaint Martin's Catholic Church

Closest to Edgar

Stewart BridgeLogan · Structure6.2miFairfield Carnegie LibraryFairfield · Prairie Vernacular · Built 19137miClay Center Library and GymnasiumClay Center · Building9.9miClay County CourthouseClay Center · Building9.9miStockholm Swedish Lutheran Church and CemeteryShickley · Building11mi

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. Stewart Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Edgar?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Edgar’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Identified! Julius S Whitten, b. Edgar, Nebraska 1888 (1888) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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📜 Edgar📜 Logan📜 Fairfield📜 Marshall

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