Founding year: the first Winnebago Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Winnebago Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Winnebago Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Winnebago Township’s overall grade.
Nebraska towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Nebraska town has 16.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Winnebago Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Nebraska towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Winnebago Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first post office at Winnebago was established in 1867, within the Winnebago Reservation established primarily in Thurston County, Nebraska. Both were named for the federally recognized Winnebago tribe, whose name for themselves (autonym) in their own language is transliterated as Ho-Chunk. They were forced by a US treaty to relocate here in 1868 from Minnesota.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winnebago Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1966Walthill 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 Winnebago Township.
People over time
Winnebago Township, census by census
Grew from 399 people in 1910 to 916 in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winnebago Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Old burying grounds
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Winnebago Township
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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.
The Winnebago Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Winnebago Township rank for history?
Winnebago Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Winnebago Township?
10% of Winnebago Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Nebraska town; the median home was built in 1979.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
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