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History · Cleveland Township

Cleveland Township’s post office opened in 1879

Below: maps from 1951 on.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Cleveland Township began

When was Cleveland Township founded?

1879

The Cleveland Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Cleveland (1879) and Brodie (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 32147 years
Founding year: the first Cleveland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cleveland 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 Cleveland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cleveland Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleveland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cleveland
1879–1895
Brodie
1892–1907
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cleveland
Gone or out of use
Cleveland Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Cleveland Township
Cleveland

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

The story so far

Cleveland Township, in brief

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

Cleveland Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 38 at the 2020 census. A 2023 estimate placed the township's population at 38.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 33 to 32 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Cleveland Township, 1879 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Cleveland post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Brodie post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Cleveland post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907Post officeThe Brodie post office closes
  7. 1951On 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

Cleveland Township on the map, 1951 to 1985

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

Cleveland Township on the 1951 USGS mapCleveland Township on the 1985 USGS map1951Naper SW 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 Cleveland Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cleveland Township

Nobody well known was born in Cleveland 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
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Burton WilkinsonCricketer · b. 1900
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Dick WardAmerican baseball player · b. 1909
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Leo Clement Andrew ArkfeldCatholic priest · b. 1912
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Basin Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStuart TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDustin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSand Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cleveland Township’s history

What year was Cleveland Township founded?

The Cleveland Township post office opened in 1879, 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 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.