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History · Linwood Township

62% of Linwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Linwood Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Linwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1982. Watch Linwood Township change.Old housesHalf of Linwood Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Linwood Township on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Linwood Township on the 1899 USGS mapLinwood Township on the 1968 USGS mapLinwood Township on the 1982 USGS map1899Wahoo 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 Linwood Township.

The story

How Linwood Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Linwood Township.

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An attempt to settle the area was first made in 1857, on the banks of Skull Creek, a half-mile from current-day Linwood. A school was established in 1865, and a postmaster for the settlement, originally named Skull Creek, was appointed in 1868. It was later renamed Linwood for the linden trees growing near the creek. Linwood was incorporated as a village in 1888, shortly after the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad built a line through the settlement. Linwood served as a junction point for branch rail lines going to Superior and Hastings. Those rail lines were abandoned by the early 1960s, leaving Linwood without rail service. A 1963 flood devastated the community.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Linwood Township, 1888 to 1899

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Nimberg post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Nimberg post office closes
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Linwood Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Linwood, Nebraska fire station2011Linwood, Nebraska fire stationLinwood, Nebraska downtown 22011Linwood, Nebraska downtown 2Linwood, Nebraska downtown 12011Linwood, Nebraska downtown 1NEMap-doton-Linwood2005NEMap-doton-Linwood
People over time

Linwood Township, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 329

Between 88 and 329 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Nimburg
Gone or out of use
Abie Sky RanchairportNimberglocaleNumberg Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Linwood Township
BohemianLinwood HillNimburgSaint MarysSaints Peter and Paul

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.

Bone Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlatte Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSkull Creek 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, 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.