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History · Sunol

Sunol’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Sunol. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Nebraska - Platte River, 1917 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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Sunol was platted in 1909. A post office was established at Sunol in 1910, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1973.

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Timeline

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1917Nebraska - Platte RiverCommons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sunol’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNebraska - Platte River, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Sunol

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DCDan ChaonSidney · 11 miFred DuttonFred DuttonJulesburg · 29 miKRKen RamosSidney · 11 miL. Steven GraszL. Steven GraszChappell · 16 miRBRobert BrachtenbachSidney · 11 miGSGary SchwartzSidney · 11 mi
By decade

Sunol, decade by decade

1910s1 item
Nebraska - Platte RiverCommonsNebraska - Platte River1917
1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 photo
Sunol, Nebraska 1CommonsSunol, Nebraska 12011
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Sunol is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sunol has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lodgepole Opera House in Lodgepole, 6.5 miles away.

Sunol and the nearest listed places

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Lodgepole Opera HouseFort Sidney Historic DistrictSidney Carnegie LibraryChrist Episcopal ChurchSidney Historic Business District (Boundary Increase)Deadwood Draw

Closest to Sunol

Lodgepole Opera HouseLodgepole · Built 19116.5miFort Sidney Historic DistrictSidney · District10.8miSidney Carnegie LibrarySidney · Built 191411miChrist Episcopal ChurchSidney · Building11.1miSidney Historic Business District (Boundary Increase)Sidney · District11.2mi

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. Lodgepole Opera House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Sunol?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Sunol’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Nebraska - Platte River (1917) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Lodgepole📜 Sidney📜 Chappell📜 Gurley

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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