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History · Venice

Half of Venice’s homes were built after 1982

Most of Venice was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Venice’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 Venice are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1982. Watch Venice change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Venice’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Venice on the map, 1893 to 1982

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

Venice on the 1893 USGS mapVenice on the 1968 USGS mapVenice on the 1982 USGS map1893Fremont 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 Venice.

The story so far

Venice, in brief

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

Venice is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 75 at the 2020 Census. 40 people are male and 35 are female. The area is 0.60 sq. miles. The population density is 125.09 people/sq. mi. The land area is 0.48 sq. miles. The water area is 0.12 sq. miles.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 75 in 2010, 75 in 2020.

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

By decade

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Venice

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

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Royal RifeAmerican inventor · b. 1888
Andy JanovichAmerican football fullback · b. 1993
Charles Love Mullins7/9/1892-1/3/1976; Gretna, Nebraska, United Sta… · b. 1892
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George Clifford SheddAmerican writer · b. 1877
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Emmett Louis MurphyAmerican lawyer · b. 1897
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Jay MooreAmerican football player · b. 1983
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake Platte View

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Venice’s history

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.