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Hooker’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Hooker. 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

Hooker Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 163 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 163.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 184 people in 2010, 185 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1973.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hooker 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 Hooker’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Hooker

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Robert TaylorRobert TaylorFilley · 6 miOliver KirkOliver KirkBeatrice · 14 miGCGene L. CoonBeatrice · 14 miRoy BarcroftRoy BarcroftCrab Orchard · 6 miJanet ShawJanet ShawBeatrice · 14 miJFJohn P. FultonBeatrice · 14 mi
By decade

Hooker, 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 Hooker is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hooker has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Farmers State Bank in Adams, 5.2 miles away.

Hooker and the nearest listed places

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Farmers State BankFilley, Elijah, Stone BarnInstitution for Feeble Minded Youth FarmBloody Run BridgeRachel Kilpatrick Purdy HouseGeorge Townsend House

Closest to Hooker

Farmers State BankAdams · Built 19085.2miFilley, Elijah, Stone BarnFilley · Building8.5miInstitution for Feeble Minded Youth FarmLogan · Building12miBloody Run BridgeSherman · Structure12.3miRachel Kilpatrick Purdy HouseBeatrice · Built 191514mi

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 Hooker?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hooker’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
📜 Adams📜 Crab Orchard📜 Hanover📜 Filley
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