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Cass County, Nebraska

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
32historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
26,598pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Plattsmouth, Weeping Water, Louisville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Nebraska is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cass titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Agricultural Society Building (Auditorium)Weeping WaterBuilding2023
Ashland Archeological SiteAshlandSite1975
BridgeLouisvilleStructure1992
Cass County CourthousePlattsmouthBuilding1990
Davis, Theodore, SiteWeeping WaterSite1972
Dovey, George E., HousePlattsmouthBuilding2018
Fitzgerald, Paul, HouseLouisvilleBuilding2006
Gering, Paul, HousePlattsmouthBuilding2006
Gibson HouseWeeping WaterBuilding1986
Gilmore, Walker, Site (22CC28) NHLMurraySite1966
Greer, James and Margaret, FarmsteadAlvoDistrict2011
Kehlbeck FarmsteadAvocaDistrict1985
Kupke, Christian, FarmsteadMurdockBuilding2012
Leonard, Velosco V., HousePlattsmouthBuilding2018
Manley SchoolManleyBuilding2004
McLaughlin-Waugh-Dovey HousePlattsmouthBuilding1980
Morgan-Fricke HousePlattsmouthBuilding2021
Naomi InstituteMurrayBuilding1977
Nehawka Flint QuarriesNehawkaSite1970
Nehawka Public LibraryNehawkaBuilding2002
O'Rourke, Capt. John, HousePlattsmouthBuilding2006
Perry, Glenn and Addie, FarmhousePlattsmouthBuilding2006
Pitz, Gottfried Gustav, BarnPlattsmouthBuilding2012
Plattsmouth BridgePlattsmouthStructure1993
Plattsmouth High SchoolPlattsmouthBuilding2020
Plattsmouth Main Street Historic DistrictPlattsmouthDistrict1985
Ruffner, Peter E., HousePlattsmouthBuilding2016
Snoke FarmsteadEagleBuilding1998
The ElmsElmwoodBuilding1977
Union JailUnionBuilding2006
Weeping Water Historic DistrictWeeping WaterDistrict1972
Young Cemetery CabinPlattsmouthBuilding2004

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cass was formed in 1854 (1854-11-23) from unknown / original county.

CASS created by proclamation of the acting governor of Nebraska Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cass County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

27k15k3,3691860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,36916,68321,33018,02916,99216,36117,82120,29724,33426,598

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

26 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
Alvo Cemetery40.87763-96.38853
Avoca Cemetery40.79934-96.13009
Brethren Cemetery40.85603-96.39004
Buck Cemetery40.84984-95.94047
Callahan Cemetery40.94293-96.33103
Clemmons Cemetery40.92978-95.89657
Eagle Cemetery40.81234-96.38751
East Union Cemetery40.83773-95.90226
Eaton Cemetery40.80366-95.86095
Glendale Cemetery41.00236-96.1025
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery40.95202-96.4356
Hill Cemetery40.99359-96.25086
Kenosha Cemetery40.8749-95.84314
Mount Pleasant Cemetery40.85012-95.98181
Oak Hill Cemetery41.01115-95.9127
Otterbein Cemetery40.8855-95.99696
Pleasant Hill Cemetery40.85679-96.44574
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery40.97359-95.88311
Riverview Cemetery41.00075-96.15015
Rock Bluff Cemetery40.91462-95.84693
Saint Johns Cemetery40.85249-96.0269
Saint Patricks Cemetery40.95756-96.1393
Wabash Cemetery40.89213-96.27492
Wortman Cemetery41.00113-96.33114
Wright Cemetery40.81662-96.40751
Young Cemetery40.94046-95.90424
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Kanosha40.88611-95.85584
Rock Bluff40.92889-95.8539

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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