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History · Richardson Township

56% of Richardson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California Road. Below: maps from 1899 on.

3on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Richardson Township’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 Richardson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1982. Watch Richardson Township change.Old housesHalf of Richardson Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richardson Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richardson Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Richardson Township on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Richardson Township on the 1899 USGS mapRichardson Township on the 1969 USGS mapRichardson Township on the 1982 USGS map1899Wahoo 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 Richardson Township.

The story so far

Richardson Township, in brief

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

Richardson Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 433 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 437. The Village of Dwight lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 424 to 409 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Richardson Township, 1896 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Spur post office opens
  3. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Spur post office closes
  6. 1902Post officeThe Loma post office opens
  7. 1965Post officeThe Loma post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Richardson Township

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cu…
Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California Road
Sites
Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California RoadSite

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Richardson Township

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

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Coleen GrayAmerican actress · b. 1922
Ruth EttingAmerican singer, vaudevillian, musical theatre … · b. 1896
Roman HruskaAmerican politician · b. 1904
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Alfredo Ernest NovakCatholic bishop · b. 1930
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Jerome HanusAmerican Benedictine monk and archbishop · b. 1940
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Kenneth SteinerAuxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Portland… · b. 1936
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Spur
1896–1902
Loma
1902–1965
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Loma
Gone or out of use
Loma Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oak Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOak Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlum Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Richardson Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Richardson Township?

3 listings: 1 site. 5 historic buildings in all.

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 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.