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History · Daily Township

Daily Township’s post office opened in 1895

Below: maps from 1898 on.

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How Daily Township began

When was Daily Township founded?

1895

The Daily Township post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Daily Branch (1874) and Daily (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 63131 years
Founding year: the first Daily Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Daily 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 Daily Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1986. Watch Daily Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Daily Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Daily Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Daily Township on the map, 1898 to 1986

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

Daily Township on the 1898 USGS mapDaily Township on the 1901 USGS mapDaily Township on the 1964 USGS mapDaily Township on the 1986 USGS map1898Elk Point 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 Daily Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Daily Branch
1874–1895
Daily
1895–1900
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Daily Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Daily Township
Daily Branch

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

The story so far

Daily Township, in brief

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

Daily Township is one of thirteen townships in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 50.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 65 to 63 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Daily Township, 1874 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Daily Branch post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Daily Branch post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Daily post office opens
  5. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Daily post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Daily Township

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

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James CoburnAmerican actor · b. 1928
Charles ThoneAmerican politician · b. 1924
Mark CalcavecchiaAmerican golfer, PGA Tour member, British Open … · b. 1960
William Joseph DendingerCatholic bishop · b. 1939
J. Lee RankinAmerican lawyer · b. 1907
Dwight W. BurneyAmerican politician · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSilvercreek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHooker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGalena TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Daily Township’s history

What year was Daily Township founded?

The Daily Township post office opened in 1895, 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.