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History · Moorefield

Moorefield’s post office opened in 1886, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1920.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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How Moorefield began

When was Moorefield founded?

1886

The Moorefield post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 151 in 19202020 census: 27140 years
Founding year: the first Moorefield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Moorefield’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 Moorefield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19023 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1979. Watch Moorefield change.Old housesHalf of Moorefield’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moorefield’s history is told.

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On the map

Moorefield on the map, 1902 to 1979

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

Moorefield on the 1902 USGS mapMoorefield on the 1956 USGS mapMoorefield on the 1979 USGS map1902Gothenburg 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 Moorefield.

The story

How Moorefield came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Moorefield.

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First settled in the 1870s, Moorefield became a railroad town in 1886 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad extended a line to it. Moorefield was named for the original owner of the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Moorefield, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Moorefield, Nebraska 12010Moorefield, Nebraska 1Watertower2006WatertowerNEMap-doton-Moorefield2005NEMap-doton-Moorefield
People over time

Moorefield, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 156

Between 27 and 156 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Moorefield

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

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Clayton Keith YeutterAmerican politician · b. 1930
Bill BarrettUnited States Navy sailor and politician · b. 1929
Ben KurokiUnited States Air Force airmen · b. 1917
Ralph G. BrooksAmerican politician · b. 1898
Aage BrixAmerican soccer player · b. 1894
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Mick TingelhoffPlayer of American football · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Moorefield’s post office has been open since 1886.

Gone or out of use
Moorefield Public Schoolschool

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

Questions about Moorefield’s history

What year was Moorefield founded?

The Moorefield post office opened in 1886, 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 (3), 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.