The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Some of the first settlers around Orleans were forty men from eastern Nebraska who camped nearby in August 1870 and began staking homestead claims.
The hamlet of Orleans was founded in the 1870s. It was likely named after Orleans, Massachusetts.
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National Register of Historic Places
2 historic places in Orleans
2 places in Orleans are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Nebraskaby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed2 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
2historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
2021first listedCordelia Bennett Preston Memorial Library · newest: Hotel Orleans, 2021
Where they are
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When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.