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History · Victoria Township

60% of Victoria Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1951 on.

1on the National Register
60%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Victoria 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 Victoria Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Victoria Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Victoria Township, in brief

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

Victoria Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 330 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 326. The village of Anselmo lies within the Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 372 to 349 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Victoria Township, 1875 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe New Helena post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe New Helena post office closes
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Victoria Township on the map, 1951 to 1994

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

Victoria Township on the 1951 USGS mapVictoria Township on the 1978 USGS mapVictoria Township on the 1985 USGS mapVictoria Township on the 1994 USGS map1951Anselmo NE 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 Victoria Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Victoria Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Victoria Township

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

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Jay Wright ForresterAmerican operations researcher · b. 1918
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Milly BernardAmerican politician · b. 1920
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Robert D. BookerUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1920
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Emery BlagdonAmerican artist · b. 1907
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Leo J. PowersUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1909
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
New Helena
Gone or out of use
Bell SchoolschoolCampvillelocaleColumbia Table SchoolschoolCopperville SchoolschoolFarritor SchoolschoolGrand View SchoolschoolHappy Hollow SchoolschoolKarnes SchoolschoolNew Helena Post Officepost officeNew Helena SchoolschoolPhillips SchoolschoolWindy Point Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Victoria Township
GrandviewNew HopeSaint AnselmsVictoria Springs

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.

Milburn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHayes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLillian TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCliff TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKilfoil Township2 historic placesnot 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.