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History · Union Township

31% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Union 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 Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Union Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Purple Cane
1872–1892
Clyde
1896–1903
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Clyde Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Union Township
Saint Patricks

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

The story so far

Union Township, in brief

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

Union Township is one of fourteen townships in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 247 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 240.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 253 to 244 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Union Township, 1872 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Purple Cane post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Purple Cane post office closes
  4. 1896Post officeThe Clyde post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Clyde post office closes
  7. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Union Township on the map in 1966

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union Township.

Union Township on the 1966 USGS map1966Webster 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 Union Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Union Township

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

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George DernAmerican politician · b. 1872
Catherine HanawayAmerican politician · b. 1963
Charles H. PurcellAmerican civil engineer · b. 1883
Joe StecherAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1893
John M. GerrardUnited States District Judge · b. 1953
Kim SiglerAmerican politician · b. 1894
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bohemia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Bend2 historic placesA−Cotterell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Valley 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.