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History · Ohiowa

Ohiowa’s post office opened in 1870, and 70% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Ohiowa Public School. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.

1870first post office
1on the National Register
70%homes built before 1940
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How Ohiowa began

When was Ohiowa founded?

1870

The Ohiowa post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1886.

First census: 369 in 18902020 census: 120156 years
Founding year: the first Ohiowa post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1886.The full story ↓

What stands out about Ohiowa’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 Ohiowa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ohiowa’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 433 in 1920; 120 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohiowa’s history is told.

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The story

How Ohiowa came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ohiowa.

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Ohiowa was platted in 1886 when the railroad was extended to that point. The name reflects the origins of the area's settlers from Ohio and Iowa. The name of the village is unusual in that it contains the complete names of two states.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Ohiowa, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 433

Peaked at 433 in 1920; 120 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Timeline

Ohiowa, 1870 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Ohiowa post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 433
  5. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ohiowa, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Ohiowa, Nebraska village office2011Ohiowa, Nebraska village officeOhiowa, Nebraska post office2011Ohiowa, Nebraska post officeOhiowa, Nebraska downtown 22011Ohiowa, Nebraska downtown 2Ohiowa, Nebraska downtown 12011Ohiowa, Nebraska downtown 1Ohiowa, Nebraska bank2011Ohiowa, Nebraska bankOhiowa, Nebraska auditorium 22011Ohiowa, Nebraska auditorium 2Ohiowa, Nebraska auditorium 12011Ohiowa, Nebraska auditorium 1
On the map

Ohiowa on the map, 1961 to 1985

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

Ohiowa on the 1961 USGS mapOhiowa on the 1985 USGS map1961Ohiowa 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 Ohiowa.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ohiowa

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2005
Ohiowa Public School
Ohiowa Public School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Schoolhouse Vernacular1
Ohiowa Public SchoolSchoolhouse Vernacular

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Ohiowa’s history

What year was Ohiowa founded?

The Ohiowa post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1886.

What is on the National Register in Ohiowa?

One place: the Ohiowa Public School (listed 2005).

Memory lane

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

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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 (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.