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History · Hanover

Hanover’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Hanover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Hanover Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 220 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 220.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 209 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hanover 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hanover’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Hanover

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Robert TaylorRobert TaylorFilley · 8 miOliver KirkOliver KirkBeatrice · 10 miGCGene L. CoonBeatrice · 10 miRoy BarcroftRoy BarcroftCrab Orchard · 12 miJanet ShawJanet ShawBeatrice · 10 miJFJohn P. FultonBeatrice · 10 mi
By decade

Hanover, 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 Hanover is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hanover has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Farmers State Bank in Adams, 7.8 miles away.

Hanover and the nearest listed places

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Farmers State BankInstitution for Feeble Minded Youth FarmRachel Kilpatrick Purdy HouseFilley, Elijah, Stone BarnNorth Eleventh Street Historic DistrictNorth Seventh Street Historic District

Closest to Hanover

Farmers State BankAdams · Built 19087.8miInstitution for Feeble Minded Youth FarmLogan · Building8.8miRachel Kilpatrick Purdy HouseBeatrice · Built 19159.9miFilley, Elijah, Stone BarnFilley · Building10.1miNorth Eleventh Street Historic DistrictBeatrice · District10.1mi

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. Farmers State Bank’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hanover?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hanover’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Pickrell📜 Holt📜 Hooker📜 Nemaha
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