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Victoria’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Victoria. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Victoria Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 330 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 326. The village of Anselmo lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 372 to 349 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Victoria 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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Famous people close to Victoria

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JFJay Wright ForresterAnselmo · 4 miEarl CooperEarl CooperBroken Bow · 16 miEarl J. AtkissonEarl J. AtkissonBroken Bow · 16 miMBMilly BernardBrewster · 21 miRBRobert D. BookerCallaway · 25 miAGAmanda GrosserodeBroken Bow · 16 mi
By decade

Victoria, 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 Victoria is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Victoria has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish Hall in Anselmo, 4.2 miles away.

Victoria and the nearest listed places

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St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish HallBenjamin and Mary Kellenbarger HouseBrenizer LibraryStillman P. Groat HouseCuster County Courthouse and JailBroken Bow Carnegie Library

Closest to Victoria

St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish HallAnselmo · Late Gothic Revival4.2miBenjamin and Mary Kellenbarger HouseMerna · Late Victorian10.6miBrenizer LibraryMerna · Prairie · Built 191710.6miStillman P. Groat HouseBroken Bow · Building17.5miCuster County Courthouse and JailBroken Bow · Neo-Classical17.8mi

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. St. Anselm's Catholic Church, Rectory and Parish Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Victoria?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Victoria’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
📜 Anselmo📜 Milburn📜 Kilfoil📜 Merna
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Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01
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