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Elkhorn’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Elkhorn Township is one of sixteen townships in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 242.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 253 to 268 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elkhorn 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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Elkhorn, 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 Elkhorn is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elkhorn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is West Point City Auditorium in West Point, 6.6 miles away.

Elkhorn and the nearest listed places

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West Point City AuditoriumScheider's Opera HouseBaumert & BognerScribner Town HallHarder HotelNeihardt, John G., Study

Closest to Elkhorn

West Point City AuditoriumWest Point · Commercial6.6miScheider's Opera HouseSnyder · Two-part Commercial Block11.6miBaumert & BognerHowells · Building13miScribner Town HallScribner · Late Victorian16.3miHarder HotelScribner · Late Victorian16.3mi

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. West Point City Auditorium’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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