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History · Winslow

Winslow’s post office opened in 1906, and 87% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1910.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
87%homes built before 1940
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How Winslow began

When was Winslow founded?

1906

The Winslow post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 99 in 19102020 census: 19120 years
Founding year: the first Winslow post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Winslow’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 Winslow are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Winslow’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 156 in 1930; 19 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winslow’s history is told.

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The story

How Winslow came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Winslow.

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Winslow was platted in 1906. The origin of the name Winslow has not been identified. It was incorporated as a village in 1909.

In March 2019 a flood destroyed Winslow. Flood water trapped many in their homes and resulted in many homes being abandoned, leading to many moving to neighboring areas.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Winslow, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 156

Peaked at 156 in 1930; 19 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winslow’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Winslow, 1906 to 1966

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Winslow post office opens
  3. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 156
  4. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Winslow, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 32012Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 3Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 22012Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 2Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 12012Winslow, Nebraska Main Street 1NEMap-doton-Winslow2005NEMap-doton-Winslow
On the map

Winslow on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Winslow on the 1966 USGS mapWinslow on the 1986 USGS map1966Hooper 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 Winslow.

Questions about Winslow’s history

What year was Winslow founded?

The Winslow post office opened in 1906, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.