The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusStanton is a city in Stanton County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stanton had a population of 1,520. It is the county seat of Stanton County. Stanton was platted in 1870. Both the city and county are named after Edwin Stanton, secretary of war for president Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,577 to 1,520 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1956.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stanton 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.
Start Stanton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stanton’s history is told.
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1 historic place in Stanton
1 place in Stanton is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.