History · Rock Falls

Rock Falls’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Rock Falls Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 45 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 45.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 49 to 42 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rock Falls 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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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 Rock Falls is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rock Falls has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rouse Ranch in Paddock, 6.9 miles away.

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. Rouse Ranch’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rock Falls?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rock Falls’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

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