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History · Palisade

Palisade’s post office opened in 1880, and 59% of its homes were built before 1940

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59%homes built before 1940
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How Palisade began, and where its name came from

When was Palisade founded?

1880

The Palisade post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 294146 years

How did Palisade get its name?

Palisade was named from the terrain around the town, which was thought to resemble a palisade.

Founding year: the first Palisade post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Palisade’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 Palisade are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Palisade’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Palisade’s history is told.

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How Palisade came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Palisade.

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Palisade was established at its current site in 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named from the terrain around the town, which was thought to resemble a palisade.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Palisade, decade by decade

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Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 32010Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 3Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 22010Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 2Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 12010Palisade, Nebraska Main Street 1NEMap-doton-Palisade2005NEMap-doton-Palisade
Places that used to be

Old corners

Palisade’s post office has been open since 1880.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Smith Trailer Court

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

Questions about Palisade’s history

What year was Palisade founded?

The Palisade post office opened in 1880, 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 (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.