History · Grant

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Grant Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 51 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 50. Grant Township was organized in 1887.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 61 to 56 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1940.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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