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History · Alexis Township

Alexis Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Alexis Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Its Register listing is the Clear Creek Bridge. Below: maps from 1899 on.

1872first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Alexis Township began

When was Alexis Township founded?

1872

The Alexis Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Alexis (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 675154 years
Founding year: the first Alexis Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Alexis Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Alexis Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18994 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1985. Watch Alexis Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alexis Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Alexis Township on the map, 1899 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alexis Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Alexis Township on the 1899 USGS mapAlexis Township on the 1958 USGS mapAlexis Township on the 1976 USGS mapAlexis Township on the 1985 USGS map1899David City sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Alexis Township.

The story so far

Alexis Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alexis Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Alexis Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 717 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 723.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 674 in 2010, 675 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Alexis Township, 1872 to 1899

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Alexis post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Alexis post office closes
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Alexis Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Clear Creek Bridge
Clear Creek Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pin-connected Warren through truss1
Clear Creek BridgePin-connected Warren through truss

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Alexis Township

Nobody well known was born in Alexis Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lucas CruikshankAmerican actor · b. 1993
Ruth EttingAmerican singer, vaudevillian, musical theatre … · b. 1896
Jim PillenGovernor of Nebraska since 2023 · b. 1955
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Brad William HenkeAmerican actor and football player · b. 1966
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John R. DunningAmerican physicist · b. 1907
Ray KegerisAmerican swimmer · b. 1901
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Alexis, opened and closed inside today’s town.

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Alexis Township
BellwoodPleasant ViewSaint JosephSaint Joseph

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Columbus Township1 historic placeCSavannah TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Alexis Township’s history

What year was Alexis Township founded?

The Alexis Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Alexis Township?

One place: the Clear Creek Bridge (listed 1992).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.