Its Register listing is the Dodge County Courthouse. Most of Platte Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1899 on.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Platte Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Platte Township’s overall grade.
Nebraska towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Nebraska town has 16.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Platte Township’s 5.5 sits below most of its state (33% of Nebraska towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.7 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Platte Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Platte Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1899Wahoo 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 Platte Township.
The story so far
Platte Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Platte Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Platte Township is one of fourteen townships in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,249 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 2,188. The Village of Inglewood lies within the Township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,235 in 2010, 2,255 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Platte Township, 1885 to 1989
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Platte Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Platte Township?
One place: the Dodge County Courthouse (listed 1990).
How old are the homes in Platte Township?
6% of Platte Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.7 points), against a typical 18% for a Nebraska town; the median home was built in 1976.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
