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History · Silver Creek Township

Silver Creek Township’s post office opened in 1863

Most of Silver Creek Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1970 on.

1863first post office
0on the National Register
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How Silver Creek Township began

When was Silver Creek Township founded?

1863

The Silver Creek Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Silver Creek (1863) and Bertha (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 104163 years
Founding year: the first Silver Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Silver Creek Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Silver Creek 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

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

Silver Creek
1863–1875
Bertha
1890–1900
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bertha
Gone or out of use
Bertha Post Officepost officeSilver Creek Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Silver Creek Township
Silver Creek

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

The story so far

Silver Creek Township, in brief

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

Silver Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 116.

Its first post office opened in 1863. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 121 to 104 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Silver Creek Township, 1863 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Silver Creek post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Silver Creek post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Bertha post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Bertha post office closes
  7. 1970On 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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On the map

Silver Creek Township on the map, 1970 to 1986

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

Silver Creek Township on the 1970 USGS mapSilver Creek Township on the 1986 USGS map1970Craig 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 Silver Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Silver Creek Township

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

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Jon KylAmerican politician · b. 1942
Hoot GibsonAmerican actor · b. 1892
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Rodney A. GrantAmerican actor · b. 1959
Duke EriksonAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, screenwr… · b. 1951
John J. WhitacreAmerican politician · b. 1860
Val PetersonAmerican diplomat · b. 1903
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Summit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBell Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Silver Creek Township’s history

What year was Silver Creek Township founded?

The Silver Creek Township post office opened in 1863, 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.