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History · Lushton

Lushton’s post office opened in 1887, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Lushton began, and where its name came from

When was Lushton founded?

1887

The Lushton post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 205 in 19102020 census: 28139 years

How did Lushton get its name?

Lushton was named for a railroad official.

Founding year: the first Lushton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Lushton’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 Lushton 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 Lushton change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lushton’s history is told.

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On the map

Lushton on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Lushton on the 1898 USGS mapLushton on the 1969 USGS mapLushton on the 1985 USGS map1898York 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 Lushton.

The story

How Lushton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lushton.

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Lushton was laid out and platted in 1887 when the Kansas City & Omaha Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for a railroad official.

A post office was established in Lushton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lushton, 1887 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Lushton post office opens
  3. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1965Post officeThe Lushton post office closes
By decade

Lushton, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Lushton, Nebraska grain elevator 12013Lushton, Nebraska grain elevator 1Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 22013Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 2Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 12013Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 1NEMap-doton-Lushton2005NEMap-doton-Lushton
People over time

Lushton, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 205

Between 28 and 205 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Lushton had its own post office from 1887 to 1965.

Lushton
1887–1965
18801950today
Gone or out of use
LushtonlocaleLushton Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Lushton’s history

What year was Lushton founded?

The Lushton post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.