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History · Inland Township

Inland Township dates to 1878, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Inland Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2012. Its Register listing is the Inland School. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1878founded
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Inland Township began

When was Inland Township founded?

1878

Inland Township dates its founding to 1878 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1879.

2020 census: 96148 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1879.The full story ↓

What stands out about Inland 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 Inland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Inland Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Inland Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Inland Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Inland Township on the 1898 USGS mapInland Township on the 1969 USGS mapInland Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Grand Island 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 Inland Township.

The story

How Inland Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Inland Township.

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Inland was founded circa 1878. The name is descriptive. A post office was established at Inland in 1879.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Inland Township, 1878 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878
    FoundingInland Township is established
  3. 1879Post officeThe Inland post office opens
  4. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Inland Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Inland, NE2017Inland, NE
On the National Register

1 historic place in Inland Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2002
Inland School
Inland School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
Inland SchoolVernacular

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Inland Township

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

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Sandy DennisAmerican actress · b. 1937
Ivan SutherlandAmerican computer scientist and Internet pioneer · b. 1938
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Neal HeftiAmerican jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, … · b. 1922
Gwen LeeActress, model · b. 1904
Sheila HicksAmerican artist · b. 1934
Samuel Roy McKelvieAmerican politician · b. 1881
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Inland
Gone or out of use
Hastings Naval Ammunition DepotmilitaryUnited States Naval Ammunition Depotmilitary
1cemetery inside Inland Township
Inland

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.

Lynn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlenvil Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeicester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Inland Township’s history

What year was Inland Township founded?

In 1878, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Inland Township’s post office opened in 1879.

What is on the National Register in Inland Township?

One place: the Inland School (listed 2002).

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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.