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History · Barneston Township

34% of Barneston Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1900.

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34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Barneston 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 Barneston Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Barneston Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The story

How Barneston Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Barneston Township.

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The present-day town of Barneston was settled at the site of one of the largest Oto villages in the 19th century. The agency and a trading post were located there. Barneston was founded by a French fur trapper who was married to an Oto woman.

Barnestown was platted in 1884 when the Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named after Francis M. Barnes, an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Barneston Township, decade by decade

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Barneston, NE2017Barneston, NENEMap-doton-Barneston2005NEMap-doton-Barneston
On the map

Barneston Township on the map, 1970 to 1986

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

Barneston Township on the 1970 USGS mapBarneston Township on the 1986 USGS map1970Wymore sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Barneston Township, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 258

Between 90 and 258 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Barneston Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Liberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlue Springs-Wymore Township2 historic placesAPaddock Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.