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History · Strang

Strang’s post office opened in 1876, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Belle Prairie Township Hall & Strang Town Hall-Jail. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1890.

1876first post office
1on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Strang began

When was Strang founded?

1876

The Strang post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 269 in 18902020 census: 30150 years
Founding year: the first Strang post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Strang’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 Strang are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Strang change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strang’s history is told.

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On the map

Strang on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Strang on the 1898 USGS mapStrang on the 1969 USGS mapStrang on the 1985 USGS map1898Hebron 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 Strang.

The story

How Strang came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Strang.

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Strang had its start in the 1880s by the building of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad through that territory.

Strang was first settled in 1886, and was known as Media. About a month later, it became known as Bixby because it was thought that Media sounded like too many other towns in the area.

In April 1886, the settlement was renamed Strang after A. L. Strang donated a windmill and water pump to the town. That windmill still stands today in downtown Strang, on Main Street.

Around the turn of the century, fires ravaged the town. The two largest and most destructive fires occurred on October 10, 1899, and July 12, 1934. The fire of 1934 consumed one town block, including the post office, grocery store, cafe, and a residence.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Strang, 1876 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Strang post office opens
  3. 1889Born hereC. Wellington Walker is born here
  4. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Strang, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Strang, Nebraska downtown2010Strang, Nebraska downtownNEMap-doton-Strang2005NEMap-doton-Strang
On the National Register

1 historic place in Strang

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Belle Prairie Township Hall & Strang Town Hall-…
Belle Prairie Township Hall & Strang Town Hall-Jail
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

False Front1
Belle Prairie Township Hall & Strang Town Hall-JailFalse Front

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

People over time

Strang, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 269

Between 29 and 269 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Strang’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Strang’s post office has been open since 1876.

Gone or out of use
Strang Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Strang’s history

What year was Strang founded?

The Strang post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Strang?

One place: the Belle Prairie Township Hall & Strang Town Hall-Jail (listed 1991).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.