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History · Wood River Township

38% of Wood River Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wood River 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 Wood River Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wood River Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wood River Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Tuckerville
1877–1916
Lodi
1882–1928
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lodi
Gone or out of use
Happy Hollow SchoolschoolLodi Post Officepost officeLone Eagle SchoolschoolLower Lodi SchoolschoolLucky Star SchoolschoolMontrose SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolTuckerville Post Officepost officeTurkerville Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Wood River Township
Saint Mary

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

The story so far

Wood River Township, in brief

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

Wood River Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 324 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 321. The Village of Oconto lies within the Township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 326 in 2010, 328 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Wood River Township, 1877 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Tuckerville post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Lodi post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1916Post officeThe Tuckerville post office closes
  6. 1928Post officeThe Lodi post office closes
  7. 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

Wood River Township on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wood River Township.

Wood River Township on the 1951 USGS map1951Oconto 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 Wood River Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wood River Township

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

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Bill BarrettUnited States Navy sailor and politician · b. 1929
Earl CooperAmerican racecar driver · b. 1886
Ben KurokiUnited States Air Force airmen · b. 1917
Aage BrixAmerican soccer player · b. 1894
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Mick TingelhoffPlayer of American football · b. 1940
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Dan ChristensenAmerican painter and artist · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Loup TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCuster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Custer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelight Township1 historic placenot 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.