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History · Stocking Township

58% of Stocking Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Wahoo Burlington Depot and the O. K. Market. Its Register listings are the Wahoo Burlington Depot and the O. K. Market. Below: maps from 1899 on.

2on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stocking 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 Stocking 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 1983. Watch Stocking Township change.Old housesHalf of Stocking Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stocking Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Stocking Township on the map, 1899 to 1983

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

Stocking Township on the 1899 USGS mapStocking Township on the 1969 USGS mapStocking Township on the 1983 USGS map1899Wahoo 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 Stocking Township.

The story so far

Stocking Township, in brief

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

Stocking Township is one of twenty-four townships in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 460 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 471.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 453 in 2010, 459 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Stocking Township, 1873 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Swedeburg post office opens
  3. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1972Post officeThe Swedeburg post office closes
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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 National Register

2 historic places in Stocking Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Wahoo Burlington Depot
Wahoo Burlington DepotO. K. Market
Buildings
Wahoo Burlington DepotBuilding
O. K. MarketBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stocking Township

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

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George Wells BeadleAmerican geneticist · b. 1903
Darryl F. ZanuckAmerican film producer · b. 1902
Howard HansonAmerican composer, conductor, educator and musi… · b. 1896
Sam CrawfordAmerican Hall of Fame baseball player and coach · b. 1880
Bob CervAmerican baseball player · b. 1925
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Shuko AkuneAmerican actress · b. 1959
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Swedeburg
Gone or out of use
SwedeburglocaleSwedeburg Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stocking Township
Saint FrancisSunrise

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.

Wahoo2 historic placesBChapman Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWahoo Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Stocking Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Stocking Township?

Two places: the Wahoo Burlington Depot (listed 1985) and the O. K. Market (1991).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.