Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1880.
The Omaha post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1897.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Omaha’s history is told.
Peaked at 207 in 1990; 128 people lived here in 2020.
10 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Omaha’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Omaha. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Omaha.
From Wikipedia’s history of Omaha.
Omaha's first post office was set up on August 7, 1873. A census taken at the time showed there was a population of around 35 people.
By the year 1884, businesses included four steam saw mills, and four flour mills. In the year 1892, additional businesses included a saw and grist mill, general store, and a blacksmith shop.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The Omaha post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1897.
One place: the Cricket and Crest Tunnels Historic District (listed 2007).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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