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History · Riverside

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

Riverside Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 387 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 384.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 448 to 405 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.

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

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Famous people close to Riverside

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Robert TaylorRobert TaylorFilley · 13 miOliver KirkOliver KirkBeatrice · 4 miGCGene L. CoonBeatrice · 4 miJanet ShawJanet ShawBeatrice · 4 miJFJohn P. FultonBeatrice · 4 miKevin MeyerKevin MeyerBeatrice · 4 mi
By decade

Riverside, 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 Riverside is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Riverside has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and Gatehouse in Beatrice, 2.7 miles away.

Riverside and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Riverside. Tap a dot.
Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and GatehousePaddock HotelBurlington Northern DepotJ. Schmuck BlockBeatrice Downtown Historic DistrictBeatrice Municipal Auditorium

Closest to Riverside

Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and GatehouseBeatrice · Building2.7miPaddock HotelBeatrice · Building3.6miBurlington Northern DepotBeatrice · Built 19063.6miJ. Schmuck BlockBeatrice · Building3.6miBeatrice Downtown Historic DistrictBeatrice · District3.6mi

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. Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and Gatehouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Riverside?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Riverside’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
📜 Beatrice📜 Lincoln📜 Sicily📜 Rockford
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