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History · Belle Prairie Township

67% of Belle Prairie Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Strang School District No. 36. Below: maps from 1898 on.

2on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Belle Prairie 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 Belle Prairie Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Belle Prairie Township change.Old housesHalf of Belle Prairie Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Belle Prairie Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Belle Prairie Township on the 1898 USGS mapBelle Prairie Township on the 1969 USGS mapBelle Prairie Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Hebron 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 Belle Prairie Township.

The story so far

Belle Prairie Township, in brief

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

Belle Prairie Township is one of fifteen townships in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 114 at the 2020 census. The village of Strang lies within the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 117 to 99 (-15%).

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

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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Belle Prairie Township

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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first listed
1992
Strang School District No. 36
Strang School District No. 36, built 1929
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Renaissance Revival1
Strang School District No. 36Renaissance Revival · Built 1929

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Belle Prairie Township

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

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Robert B. WilsonAmerican economist and Nobel laureate · b. 1937
Kate BarnardAmerican sociologist · b. 1875
Maxine GatesActress · b. 1917
Jeff ZelenyAmerican TV journalist · b. 1973
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John E. NelsonAttorney and member of the Nebraska Legislature · b. 1935
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Greg LeeAmerican actor · b. 1962
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hamilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChelsea TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belle Prairie Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Belle Prairie Township?

2 listings: 1 building, among them the Strang School District No. 36 (listed 1992, the first). 3 historic buildings in all.

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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 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.