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History · Grant Township

50% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grant Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940.
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The story so far

Grant Township, in brief

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

Grant Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 51 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 50. Grant Township was organized in 1887.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 61 to 56 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Grant Township, 1885 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Redfern post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Redfern post office closes
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1951 to 1985

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

Grant Township on the 1951 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1985 USGS map1951Oconto 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 Grant Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grant Township

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

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Clayton Keith YeutterAmerican politician · b. 1930
Bill BarrettUnited States Navy sailor and politician · b. 1929
Earl CooperAmerican racecar driver · b. 1886
Ben KurokiUnited States Air Force airmen · b. 1917
Ralph G. BrooksAmerican politician · b. 1898
Aage BrixAmerican soccer player · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Happy Hollow SchoolschoolRedfern Post Officepost officeRedfern SchoolschoolSunny Hill Schoolschool

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.

Wood River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelight Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElim 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.