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History · Malmo

Malmo’s post office opened in 1887, and 66% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1900.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
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How Malmo began

When was Malmo founded?

1887

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

First census: 259 in 19002020 census: 94139 years
Founding year: the first Malmo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Malmo’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 Malmo 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 Malmo change.Old housesHalf of Malmo’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Malmo’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Malmo on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Malmo on the 1899 USGS mapMalmo on the 1969 USGS mapMalmo 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 Malmo.

The story

How Malmo came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Malmo.

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Malmo was platted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point. A majority of the early settlers being natives of Sweden caused the name Malmo, after the Swedish city of Malmö, to be selected. Malmo was incorporated as a village in 1893.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Malmo, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Malmo, Nebraska post office2011Malmo, Nebraska post officeMalmo, Nebraska fire station 12011Malmo, Nebraska fire station 1Malmo, Nebraska downtown 32011Malmo, Nebraska downtown 3Malmo, Nebraska downtown 22011Malmo, Nebraska downtown 2Malmo, Nebraska downtown 12011Malmo, Nebraska downtown 1NEMap-doton-Malmo2005NEMap-doton-Malmo
People over time

Malmo, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 259

Between 94 and 259 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Malmo

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

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George Wells BeadleAmerican geneticist · b. 1903
Darryl F. ZanuckAmerican film producer · b. 1902
Howard HansonAmerican composer, conductor, educator and musi… · b. 1896
Sam CrawfordAmerican Hall of Fame baseball player and coach · b. 1880
Bob CervAmerican baseball player · b. 1925
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Shuko AkuneAmerican actress · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Malmo’s post office has been open since 1887.

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

Questions about Malmo’s history

What year was Malmo founded?

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

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.