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History · Ewing

Ewing’s post office opened in 1882, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1890.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Ammodramus · Public domain
Quick answers

How Ewing began, and where its name came from

When was Ewing founded?

1882

The Ewing post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Ford (1874) and Twing (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 348 in 18902020 census: 373144 years

How did Ewing get its name?

Ewing was named for its postmaster, James Ewing.

Founding year: the first Ewing post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Ewing’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 Ewing are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 705 in 1950; 373 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ewing.Old housesHalf of Ewing’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ewing’s history is told.

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People over time

Ewing, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 705

Peaked at 705 in 1950; 373 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ewing’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Ewing’s post office has been open since 1882. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ford
1874–1884
Ewing
1882–today
Twing
1882–1888
18701950today

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

The story

How Ewing came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ewing.

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Ewing was platted in 1882 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for its postmaster, James Ewing.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ewing, 1874 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Ford post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Ewing post office opens
  4. 1882Post officeThe Twing post office opens
  5. 1884Post officeThe Ford post office closes
  6. 1888Post officeThe Twing post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 705
  9. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ewing, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Holt County Map2014Holt County MapMapEwing, Nebraska downtown2010Ewing, Nebraska downtownNEMap-doton-Ewing2005NEMap-doton-Ewing
On the map

Ewing on the map, 1963 to 1986

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

Ewing on the 1963 USGS mapEwing on the 1986 USGS map1963Ewing 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 Ewing.

Questions about Ewing’s history

What year was Ewing founded?

The Ewing post office opened in 1882, 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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.