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History · Maple Township

64% of Maple Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1986 on.

0on the National Register
64%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maple Township’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 Maple Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Maple Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Maple Township.
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The story so far

Maple Township, in brief

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

Maple Township is one of fourteen townships in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 326 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 318.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 322 to 311 (-3%).

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Lincoln
1865–1868
Timberville
1868–1894
18601940today
Gone or out of use
Timberville Post Officepost office

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

Timeline

Maple Township, 1865 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865Post officeThe Lincoln post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Lincoln post office closes
  4. 1868Post officeThe Timberville post office opens
  5. 1894Post officeThe Timberville post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1986On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Maple Township on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maple Township.

Maple Township on the 1986 USGS map1986Blair sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maple Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Township

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

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Marg HelgenbergerAmerican actress · b. 1958
Jordan LarsonVolleyball player · b. 1986
Harold Eugene EdgertonAmerican engineer and inventor · b. 1903
Julie SommarsAmerican actress · b. 1940
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Royal RifeAmerican inventor · b. 1888
George DernAmerican politician · b. 1872
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cotterell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNickerson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEverett 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 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.