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History · Saratoga Township

Saratoga Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 63% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
63%homes built before 1940
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How Saratoga Township began

When was Saratoga Township founded?

1879

The Saratoga Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Saratoga (1879), Catalpa (1884) and Phoenix (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 57147 years
Founding year: the first Saratoga Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Saratoga 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 Saratoga Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Saratoga Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Saratoga Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saratoga Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Saratoga
1879–1910
Catalpa
1884–1933
Phoenix
1887–1933
Badger
1890–1916
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Catalpa
Gone or out of use
Badger Post Officepost officeCatalpa Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Saratoga Township
Phoenix

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

The story so far

Saratoga Township, in brief

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

Saratoga Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 43 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 43.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 57 in 2010, 57 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Saratoga Township, 1879 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Saratoga post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Catalpa post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Phoenix post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910Post officeThe Saratoga post office closes
  7. 1933Post officeThe Catalpa post office closes
  8. 1933Post officeThe Phoenix post office closes
  9. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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 map

Saratoga Township on the map, 1952 to 1986

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

Saratoga Township on the 1952 USGS mapSaratoga Township on the 1986 USGS map1952Butte SE 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 Saratoga Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Coleman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButte Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSand Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDustin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Saratoga Township’s history

What year was Saratoga Township founded?

The Saratoga Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.