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History · Lincoln Township

58% of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Lincoln Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Lincoln Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Old housesHalf of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1938.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers, 1917–1938.
★ What stands out · The story so far

Lincoln Township, in brief

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

Lincoln Township is one of thirty townships in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 741 at the 2020 census. A 2023 estimate placed the township's population at 729. The Village of Wausa lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 786 to 744 (-5%).

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

By decade

Lincoln Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1930s12 items
Food Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska]1917Food Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska]Oil tanks. Lincoln, Nebraska1936Oil tanks. Lincoln, NebraskaOil tanks. Lincoln, Nebraska1936Oil tanks. Lincoln, NebraskaLincoln, Nebraska1938Lincoln, NebraskaLincoln, Nebraska1938Lincoln, NebraskaCoal1938CoalOil1938OilOil1938OilPoliceman1938PolicemanPoliceman1938PolicemanSunday morning1938Sunday morningIce cream1938Ice cream
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Timeline

Lincoln Township, 1917 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1917In the archiveFood Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska]
  3. 1936In the archiveOil tanks. Lincoln, Nebraska
  4. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
On the map

Lincoln Township on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

Lincoln Township on the 1971 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1985 USGS map1971Wausa 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 Lincoln Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Food Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska]
Retake this viewFood Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska], 1917

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lincoln Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Lincoln Township

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

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Ben SasseAmerican politician and college president · b. 1972
Charles ThoneAmerican politician · b. 1924
William Joseph DendingerCatholic bishop · b. 1939
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Frederick W. MoteAmerican historian of China · b. 1922
George E. DanielsonAmerican politician · b. 1915
J. Lee RankinAmerican lawyer · b. 1907
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Finish Lincoln Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFood Admin., [Lincoln, Nebraska]: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Columbia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDowling TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lincoln Township’s history

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.