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History · Overland

25% of Overland’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Overland’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 Overland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Overland change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Overland’s history is told.

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On the map

Overland on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Overland on the 1896 USGS mapOverland on the 1962 USGS mapOverland on the 1985 USGS map1896Stromsburg 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 Overland.

The story so far

Overland, in brief

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

Overland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Overland had a population of 202.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 153 to 202 (+32%).

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

By decade

Overland, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Overland, NE2017Overland, NE
Famous people

Famous people close to Overland

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

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Evan WilliamsAmerican technology entrepreneur · b. 1972
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J. P. GuilfordAmerican psychologist · b. 1897
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Wright MorrisAmerican photographer and novelist · b. 1910
Scott UsherAmerican swimmer · b. 1983
John N. NortonAmerican politician, Nebraska · b. 1878
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Marguerite RobertsScreenwriter · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Prairie Island Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Overland’s history

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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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.