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History · Scott Township

39% of Scott Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Scott 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 Scott Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Scott Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scott Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Red Bird
1875–1887
Scottville
1882–1915
Redbird
1900–1959
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Redbird
Gone or out of use
Redbird Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Scott Township
Scottville

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

The story so far

Scott Township, in brief

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

Scott Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 41 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 41.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 38 to 51 (+34%).

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

Timeline

Scott Township, 1875 to 1959

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Red Bird post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Scottville post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Red Bird post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Redbird post office opens
  7. 1915Post officeThe Scottville post office closes
  8. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1959Post officeThe Redbird 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 map

Scott Township on the map, 1950 to 1986

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

Scott Township on the 1950 USGS mapScott Township on the 1986 USGS map1950Dorsey NW 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 Scott Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lynch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaddock Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSteel Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillowdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.