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History · Huntley

Huntley’s post office opened in 1888, and 89% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 1920.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
89%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Huntley began

When was Huntley founded?

1888

The Huntley post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bainbridge (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 170 in 19202020 census: 33138 years
Founding year: the first Huntley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Huntley’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 Huntley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1986. Watch Huntley change.Old housesHalf of Huntley’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Huntley on the map, 1896 to 1986

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

Huntley on the 1896 USGS mapHuntley on the 1974 USGS mapHuntley on the 1986 USGS map1896Holdrege sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Huntley.

The story so far

Huntley, in brief

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

Huntley is a village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Huntley had a population of 33.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 44 to 33 (-25%).

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

Timeline

Huntley, 1873 to 1896

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Bainbridge post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Bainbridge post office closes
  4. 1888Post officeThe Huntley post office opens
  5. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Huntley, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from S 12013Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from S 1Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from NE 12013Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from NE 1Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from N 12013Huntley, Nebraska Division Ave from N 1NEMap-doton-Huntley2005NEMap-doton-Huntley
People over time

Huntley, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 179

Between 33 and 179 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Huntley’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Bainbridge, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bainbridge
1873–1888
Huntley
1888–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Huntley Schoolschool

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

Questions about Huntley’s history

What year was Huntley founded?

The Huntley post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (4), 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.