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History · Cuming Township

60% of Cuming Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
60%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cuming Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cuming Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cuming Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Cuming Township, in brief

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

Cuming Township is one of sixteen townships in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 193 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 191.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 239 to 201 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Cuming Township, 1872 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Peterson post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Peterson post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Cuming Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Cuming Township on the 1966 USGS mapCuming Township on the 1986 USGS map1966West Point SE 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 Cuming Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cuming Township

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

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Tim WalzAmerican politician · b. 1964
George DernAmerican politician · b. 1872
Duke EriksonAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, screenwr… · b. 1951
Martin E. MartyAmerican historian of religion, educator, autho… · b. 1928
Mel HarderAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1909
Richard C. HunterAmerican politician · b. 1884
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Knievel AirportairportSchool Number 74schoolSchool Number 81school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cuming Township
BlomgrenPeterson

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.

Garfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman TownshipIts storynot 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 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.