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History · Savannah Township

Savannah Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on.

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22%homes built before 1940
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How Savannah Township began

When was Savannah Township founded?

1870

The Savannah Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Savannah (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 574156 years
Founding year: the first Savannah Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Savannah 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 Savannah 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 1985. Watch Savannah Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Savannah Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Savannah Township on the map, 1899 to 1985

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

Savannah Township on the 1899 USGS mapSavannah Township on the 1968 USGS mapSavannah Township on the 1985 USGS map1899David City 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 Savannah Township.

The story so far

Savannah Township, in brief

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

Savannah Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 546 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 549. The Village of Bellwood lies within the Township.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 624 to 574 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Savannah Township, 1870 to 1899

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Savannah post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Savannah post office closes
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Savannah Township

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

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Ruth EttingAmerican singer, vaudevillian, musical theatre … · b. 1896
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John R. DunningAmerican physicist · b. 1907
Ray KegerisAmerican swimmer · b. 1901
Roman HruskaAmerican politician · b. 1904
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Jerome HanusAmerican Benedictine monk and archbishop · b. 1940
Walter JuddAmerican politician · b. 1898
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Savannah, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Savannah Township
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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.

Bone Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOlive Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlexis Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Savannah Township’s history

What year was Savannah Township founded?

The Savannah Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.