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Dixon County, Nebraska

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
6historic places
—earliest paper
1856formed
5,606pop. 2020
15cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Ponca, Emerson, New Castle.

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 Dixon titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Cook Blacksmith ShopPoncaBuilding1974
Dixon County CourthousePoncaBuilding1990
Emerson City ParkEmersonSite2018
Indian Hill Archeological DistrictNew CastleDistrict1984
Ponca Historic DistrictPoncaDistrict1979
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Salem ChurchWakefieldBuilding1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Dixon was formed in 1856 (1856-01-26) from Blackbird, Izard, McNEALE.

DIXON created by Nebraska Territory from BLACKBIRD (extinct), IZARD (now STANTON), McNEALE (extinct), and non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

12k6,0312471860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2474,17710,53511,81510,4139,1298,1067,1376,3395,606

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

15 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed
NameLatLon
Calvary Cemetery42.28435-96.73158
Concord Cemetery42.39444-96.98024
Daily Branch Cemetery42.57533-96.93674
Ionia Cemetery42.68929-96.83009
Lime Creek Cemetery42.65698-97.00043
Marquis Cemetery42.40897-96.74828
Martinsburg South Cemetery42.50381-96.83879
Maskell Cemetery42.68767-96.9921
Ponca Cemetery42.56858-96.71339
Rose Hill Cemetery42.28317-96.73216
Saint Annes Cemetery42.41638-96.97958
Silver Ridge Cemetery42.56844-96.81928
Southcreek Calvary Catholic Cemetery42.52642-96.75652
Springbank Friends Cemetery42.41673-96.81258
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery42.51273-96.83394
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Ionia42.66833-96.78087

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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