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

Newman Township is one of twenty-four townships in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 261 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 268.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 268 to 294 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newman 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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Newman, 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 Newman is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Newman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kacirek-Woita General Store in Weston, 5.1 miles away.

Newman and the nearest listed places

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Kacirek-Woita General StoreSaunders County CourthouseSidney Historic Business DistrictUpper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California RoadFremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad DepotSt. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, School and Grottoes

Closest to Newman

Kacirek-Woita General StoreWeston · Building5.1miSaunders County CourthouseChapman · District6miSidney Historic Business DistrictOak Creek · District7.6miUpper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California RoadRichardson · Site7.8miFremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad DepotDwight · Building11.6mi

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. Kacirek-Woita General Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Newman?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Newman’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
📜 Weston📜 Elk📜 Chapman📜 Oak Creek
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