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History · Marietta

Marietta’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Marietta Township is one of twenty-four townships in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 923 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 937. The Village of Mead lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 843 to 931 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marietta 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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HHHarry L. HubbardPolitics & LawSHSamuel R. HubbardNotable
By decade

Marietta, 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 Marietta is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marietta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is O. K. Market in Stocking, 5.6 miles away.

Marietta and the nearest listed places

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O. K. MarketWahoo Burlington DepotF.J. Kirchman HouseHoward Hanson HouseIthaca Grain Elevator, OldSaunders County Courthouse

Closest to Marietta

O. K. MarketStocking · Building5.6miWahoo Burlington DepotStocking · Building6miF.J. Kirchman HouseWahoo · Late Victorian · Built 19036miHoward Hanson HouseWahoo · Built 18886miIthaca Grain Elevator, OldIthaca · Building6.9mi

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. O. K. Market’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Marietta?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Marietta’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
📜 Mead📜 Union📜 Center📜 Colon
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