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History · Sherman Township

Half of Sherman Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Sherman Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Sherman 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 Sherman Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Sherman Township, in brief

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

Sherman Township is one of sixteen townships in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 569 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 566.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 544 in 2010, 539 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1858 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe De Witt post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe De Witt post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Sherman Township on the map, 1966 to 1983

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

Sherman Township on the 1966 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1983 USGS map1966West Point 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 Sherman Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherman Township

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

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Tim WalzAmerican politician · b. 1964
George DernAmerican politician · b. 1872
Duke EriksonAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, screenwr… · b. 1951
Martin E. MartyAmerican historian of religion, educator, autho… · b. 1928
Mel HarderAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1909
Richard C. HunterAmerican politician · b. 1884
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
De Witt Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Sherman Township
Dewitt

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.

St. Charles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Point1 historic placeBGarfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElkhorn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCuming TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPebble Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan 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.