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History · Glenwood Township

48% of Glenwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Glenwood 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 Glenwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Glenwood Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Glenwood Township’s homes were built before 1943.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Reserve
1879–1881
Morton
1884–1886
Lanham
1886–1959
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lanham
1cemetery inside Glenwood Township
Reserve

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

The story so far

Glenwood Township, in brief

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

Glenwood Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 185 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 183. A portion of the Village of Odell lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 222 to 195 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Glenwood Township, 1879 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Reserve post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Reserve post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Morton post office opens
  5. 1886Post officeThe Morton post office closes
  6. 1886Post officeThe Lanham post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1959Post officeThe Lanham post office closes
  9. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Glenwood Township on the map, 1970 to 1986

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

Glenwood Township on the 1970 USGS mapGlenwood Township on the 1986 USGS map1970Odell 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 Glenwood Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Elm TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaddock Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSicily Township1 historic placenot 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.