The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Sholes was established in 1886 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Lyman Sholes, a railroad official.
A post office was established at Sholes in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Sholes’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sholes’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1950 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sholes, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Sholes is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sholes has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Meridian Highway in Pierce, 14.8 miles away.
Sholes and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Nebraska (NE) - Wayne County - Sholes - ED 90-20 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.