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History · Basin Township

Basin Township’s post office opened in 1891, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 7 buildings. Below: maps from 1964 on.

1891first post office
1on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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How Basin Township began

When was Basin Township founded?

1891

The Basin Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Basin (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 237135 years
Founding year: the first Basin Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Basin 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 Basin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Basin Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Basin Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Basin Township, in brief

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

Basin Township is one of nine townships in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census, down from 228 at the 2010 census. The 2022 population estimate is 213. The Village of Naper lies within the Township.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 228 to 237 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Basin Township, 1891 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Basin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Basin post office closes
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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 map

Basin Township on the map, 1964 to 1985

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

Basin Township on the 1964 USGS mapBasin Township on the 1985 USGS map1964Naper NW 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 Basin Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 7 historic buildings

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
1990
White Horse Ranch
White Horse Ranch
Districts
All 1 listings
White Horse RanchDistrict · listed 1990

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Basin Township

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

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Gorgeous GeorgeAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1915
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Donald O. CliftonAmerican doctor of educational sciences, profes… · b. 1924
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Opal HillProfessional golfer · b. 1892
Billie SuttonAmerican politician · b. 1984
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Burton WilkinsonCricketer · b. 1900
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Dick WardAmerican baseball player · b. 1909
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Basin Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Basin Township
BaptistGermanKnoll CrestLutheranOak Dale

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.

Cleveland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDustin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcCulley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Basin Township’s history

What year was Basin Township founded?

The Basin Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Basin Township?

One place: the White Horse Ranch (listed 1990).

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.