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History · Triumph Township

Triumph Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 65% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Triumph Township began

When was Triumph Township founded?

1877

The Triumph Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Triumph (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 115149 years
Founding year: the first Triumph Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Triumph 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 Triumph Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Triumph Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Triumph Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Triumph Township, in brief

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

Triumph Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 107.

Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 118 to 115 (-3%).

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

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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Cross Roads SchoolschoolEvans SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolTriumph Post Officepost officeTriumph SchoolschoolUpper Spring Creek Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Triumph Township
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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.

Arnold Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelight Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKilfoil Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRyno TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCliff TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElim TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Triumph Township’s history

What year was Triumph Township founded?

The Triumph Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.