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History · Delight Township

Delight Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1951 on.

1880first post office
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Delight Township began

When was Delight Township founded?

1880

The Delight Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 729146 years
Founding year: the first Delight Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Delight 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 Delight Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Delight Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Delight Township, in brief

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

Delight Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 706 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 702. The Village of Callaway lies within the Township.

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 698 to 729 (+4%).

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

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

Delight Township on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Delight Township.

Delight Township on the 1951 USGS map1951Callaway 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 Delight Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Delight Township

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Delight Township

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

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Jay Wright ForresterAmerican operations researcher · b. 1918
Earl CooperAmerican racecar driver · b. 1886
Ben KurokiUnited States Air Force airmen · b. 1917
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Dan ChristensenAmerican painter and artist · b. 1942
Earl J. AtkissonColonel of the 1st Gas Regiment in World War I · b. 1886
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Heather ArmbrustAmerican bodybuilder · b. 1977
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Brown Valley SchoolschoolCottonwood SchoolschoolHillside SchoolschoolHog Hollow SchoolschoolNew CallawaylocaleWhaley Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Delight Township
KingsburyRose HillSand Valley

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.

Triumph TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElim TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCuster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWood River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Delight Township’s history

What year was Delight Township founded?

The Delight Township post office opened in 1880, 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 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.