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History · Ceresco

Ceresco’s post office opened in 1869, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1890.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Ceresco began

When was Ceresco founded?

1869

The Ceresco post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 211 in 18902020 census: 919157 years
Founding year: the first Ceresco post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ceresco’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 Ceresco are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1982. Watch Ceresco change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ceresco’s history is told.

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On the map

Ceresco on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Ceresco on the 1899 USGS mapCeresco on the 1969 USGS mapCeresco on the 1982 USGS map1899Wahoo 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 Ceresco.

The story so far

Ceresco, in brief

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

Ceresco is a farming village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 919 at the 2020 census. It is located near U.S. Highway 77, just south of Wahoo.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 889 to 919 (+3%).

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

By decade

Ceresco, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Ceresco, Nebraska 22011Ceresco, Nebraska 2Ceresco, Nebraska 12011Ceresco, Nebraska 1NEMap-doton-Ceresco2005NEMap-doton-Ceresco
People over time

Ceresco, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 920

Between 211 and 920 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Ceresco’s post office has been open since 1869.

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

Questions about Ceresco’s history

What year was Ceresco founded?

The Ceresco post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), 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.