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History · Loup Township

39% of Loup Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Loup Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Loup Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Loup Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Loup Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cumro
1885–1943
Burroak
1908–1922
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BuckeyeBurr OakCumro
Gone or out of use
Burroak Post Officepost officeCat Creek SchoolschoolCumro Post Officepost officeCumro SchoolschoolDevine SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolHidden Hollow SchoolschoolMount Olive SchoolschoolRoss SchoolschoolValley View Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Loup Township
Box Elder

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

The story so far

Loup Township, in brief

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

Loup Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 110 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 109.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 129 to 101 (-22%).

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

Timeline

Loup 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 Cumro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Burroak post office opens
  5. 1922Post officeThe Burroak post office closes
  6. 1943Post officeThe Cumro post office closes
  7. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Loup Township on the map, 1951 to 1985

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

Loup Township on the 1951 USGS mapLoup Township on the 1985 USGS map1951Eddyville NE 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 Loup Township.

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 townElk Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBerwyn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Custer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlgernon Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAnsley Township1 historic placenot 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.