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History · Reseburg

Reseburg’s post office opened in 1894, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1976 on.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Reseburg began

When was Reseburg founded?

1894

The Reseburg post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 793132 years
Founding year: the first Reseburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Reseburg’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 Reseburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Reseburg’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reseburg’s history is told.

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The story so far

Reseburg, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 776 to 793 (+2%).

Timeline

Reseburg, 1894 to 1976

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Reseburg post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Reseburg post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1930Born hereRobert K. Zukowski is born here
  6. 1976On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Reseburg on the map, 1976 to 1984

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

Reseburg on the 1976 USGS mapReseburg on the 1984 USGS map1976Stanley 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 Reseburg.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Reseburg had its own post office from 1894 to 1899.

Reseburg
1894–1899
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Colby SchoolschoolGoff SchoolschoolOakland Schoolschool

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.

WordenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeadIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWitheeIts storyB−LongwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Reseburg’s history

What year was Reseburg founded?

The Reseburg post office opened in 1894, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.