History · Table Rock

Table Rock’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Table Rock. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
3historic places
3recent photos

The story

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Table Rock was platted in 1855. It was named from a large rock formation nearby on the Nemaha River which has since been destroyed. It failed to prosper until the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was built through town in about 1882.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1979John Gere's GravestoneCommons
1983Gravestone In TreeCommons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewJohn Gere's Gravestone, 1979: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Table Rock

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By decade

Table Rock, decade by decade

1990s–
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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National Register of Historic Places

3 historic places in Table Rock

Table Rock has 3 listings on the National Register, and they protect 30 historic buildings, because Table Rock Public Square Historic District alone counts 28.

#41
In Nebraskaby listings · most towns there have none
3places listed2 buildings · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
30historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1988first listedTable Rock Opera House · newest: Lindsley House, 1999

Where they are

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BuildingsDistricts

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as John Gere's Gravestone (1979) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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