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History · Elim Township

72% of Elim Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
72%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Elim Township’s past

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

Elim Township, in brief

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

Elim Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 110 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 109.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 133 to 118 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Elim Township, 1885 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Tallin post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Tallin post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Elim Township on the map, 1972 to 1985

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

Elim Township on the 1972 USGS mapElim Township on the 1985 USGS map1972Arnold 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 Elim Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Tallin Post Officepost officeTallin Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Elim Township
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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.

Arnold Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelight Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTriumph 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.