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Triumph’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Triumph Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 107.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 118 to 115 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Triumph 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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Triumph, decade by decade

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 Triumph is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Triumph has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is First Custer County Courthouse in Callaway, 6.7 miles away.

Triumph and the nearest listed places

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First Custer County CourthouseFinch Memorial LibraryBenjamin and Mary Kellenbarger HouseBrenizer LibrarySt. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish HallCuster County Courthouse and Jail

Closest to Triumph

First Custer County CourthouseCallaway · District6.7miFinch Memorial LibraryArnold · Building10.8miBenjamin and Mary Kellenbarger HouseMerna · Late Victorian14.4miBrenizer LibraryMerna · Prairie · Built 191714.5miSt. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish HallAnselmo · Late Gothic Revival18.2mi

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. First Custer County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Triumph?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Triumph’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Callaway📜 Cliff📜 Delight📜 Ryno
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