The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A courthouse square was planned in the area that would become Firth sometime before 1860. However, due to Firth's remote location, residents would have had to travel to Nebraska City for supplies, meaning that the area remained largely uninhabited by non-Natives for many years. Firth was settled in the early 1870s, as the Atchison & Nebraska Railroad was extended toward Lincoln. The post office was established in 1872, named for Superintendent Frank Firth of the Atchison & Nebraska Railroad, and was incorporated in 1879.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Firth’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Firth is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Firth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Farmers State Bank in Adams, 7.3 miles away.
Firth 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 (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.