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Douglas County, Nebraska

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
201historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
584,526pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 201 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Omaha, Bennington, Elkhorn.

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 Douglas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

133 of 201 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

201 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
10th and Pierce Car BarnOmahaBuilding2015
Ackerhurst-Eipperhurst Dairy BarnBenningtonBuilding2002
Allas ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2016
Anderson Building, TheOmahaBuilding2009
Anheuser-Busch Beer DepotOmahaBuilding1979
Apartments at 2514 North 16th StreetOmahaBuilding2010
Aquila Court BuildingOmahaBuilding1973
Astro TheaterOmahaBuilding1974
Bank of FlorenceOmahaBuilding1969
Barker BuildingOmahaBuilding2008
Beebe and Runyan Furniture Showroom and WarehouseOmahaBuilding1998
Bemis Omaha Bag Company BuildingOmahaBuilding1985
Bennington State BankBenningtonBuilding2006
Benson Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)OmahaDistrict2020
Blackstone HotelOmahaBuilding1985
Bradford-Pettis HouseOmahaBuilding1983
Brandeis, J. L., and Sons Store BuildingOmahaBuilding1982
Brandeis-Millard HouseOmahaBuilding1980
Broadview HotelOmahaBuilding2025
Broomfield RowhouseOmahaBuilding2007
Burlington Headquarters BuildingOmahaBuilding1974
Burlington StationOmahaBuilding1974
Cabanne Archeological SiteOmahaSite1972
Capitol GarageOmahaBuilding2012
Center SchoolOmahaBuilding1985
Champe-Fremont 1 Archeological SiteOmahaSite1975
Chiodo ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2017
City National Bank Building and Creighton Orpheum TheaterOmahaBuilding1973
Clifton Hill Commercial Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2022
Columbian SchoolOmahaBuilding1990
Cornish, Joel N., HouseOmahaBuilding1974
Country Club Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2004
Crook, Gen. George, HouseOmahaBuilding1969
Danish Brotherhood in America National Headquarters BuildingOmahaBuilding2016
Disbrow, M.A., and Company BuildingsOmahaBuilding2008
Douglas County Courthouse (Additional Documentation)OmahaBuilding1979
Drake Court Apartments and the Dartmore Apartments Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1980
Drake Court Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)OmahaDistrict2014
Druid HallOmahaBuilding2015
Drummond Motor CompanyOmahaBuilding2018
Dundee-Happy Hollow Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2005
Eggerss-O'Flyng BuildingOmahaBuilding1991
Elkhorn Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)ElkhornDistrict2024
Elkhorn Town HallOmahaBuilding2022
Fairacres Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2017
Farm Credit BuildingOmahaBuilding2011
Farnam BuildingOmahaBuilding2000
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home NHLBoys TownDistrict1985
Father Flanagan's HouseBoys TownBuilding1979
Federal Office BuildingOmahaBuilding2009
Field Club Historic DistrictOmahaBuilding2000
Firestone Tire and Rubber BuildingOmahaBuilding2018
First National Bank BuildingOmahaBuilding1982
First National CenterOmahaBuilding2025
First Unitarian Church of OmahaOmahaBuilding1980
Flatiron HotelOmahaBuilding1978
Florence Commercial Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2022
Ford HospitalOmahaBuilding1986
Fort Omaha Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1974
Franklin SchoolOmahaBuilding1998
Gallagher BuildingOmahaBuilding1994
Garneau-Kilpatrick HouseOmahaBuilding1982
Georgia Row HouseOmahaBuilding1982
Gold Coast Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1997
Gross, J.A., Commercial BuildingOmahaBuilding2017
Hanscom ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2016
Havens-Page HouseOmahaBuilding1982
Hill HotelOmahaBuilding1988
Holy Family ChurchOmahaBuilding1986
Holy Sepulchre CemeteryOmahaSite2016
Hope Lutheran ChurchOmahaBuilding2020
Hospe, Anton, Music WarehouseOmahaBuilding1998
Howard Street Apartment DistrictOmahaDistrict1996
Hupmobile BuildingOmahaBuilding2014
Immaculate Conception Church and SchoolOmahaBuilding1998
Immanuel Deaconess Institute Nurses' Home and School for NursingOmahaBuilding2017
Jewell BuildingOmahaBuilding1983
Joslyn, George A., MansionOmahaBuilding1972
Keeline BuildingOmahaBuilding2000
Kelly, George H., HouseOmahaBuilding1983
Kennedy BuildingOmahaBuilding1985
Kimball, Mary Rogers, HouseOmahaBuilding1996
Kirschbraun and Sons Creamery, Inc.OmahaBuilding1998
Leavenworth Park Commercial Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2023
Leone, Florentine, and Carpathia Apartment BuildingsOmahaBuilding1985
Lincoln HighwayElkhornStructure1987
Lincoln Highway-Omaha to ElkhornElkhornStructure2003
Little BohemiaOmahaDistrict2020
Livestock Exchange BuildingOmahaBuilding1999
Logan, TheOmahaBuilding2005
Malcolm X House SiteOmahaSite1984
Margaret, TheOmahaBuilding2007
Mason SchoolOmahaBuilding1986
McLaughlin, Charles D., HouseOmahaBuilding1982
Melrose, TheOmahaBuilding1989
Memmen ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2014
Mercer, Dr. Samuel D., HouseOmahaBuilding1976
Meyer and RaapkeOmahaBuilding2013
Military Road SegmentOmahaSite1993
Minne Lusa Residential Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2014
Morton Meadows Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2026
Moses, G.C., BlockOmahaBuilding2000
Moyer Row HousesOmahaBuilding2008
Nash BlockOmahaBuilding1985
National Indemnity Company HeadquartersOmahaBuilding2017
Nebraska Buick Auto CompanyOmahaBuilding2019
Nebraska School for the DeafOmahaDistrict2019
Neef, Henry B., HouseOmahaBuilding2010
Nicholas Street Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2009
Normandie ApartmentsOmahaBuilding1991
North 24th and Lake Streets Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2016
North Presbyterian ChurchOmahaBuilding1986
Northern Natural Gas BuildingOmahaBuilding2009
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Regional HeadquartersOmahaBuilding2009
Notre Dame Academy and ConventOmahaBuilding1998
Nottingham Apartments, TheOmahaBuilding2013
Oft-Gordon HouseBenningtonBuilding2010
Old Market Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1979
Old People's HomeOmahaBuilding1987
Olson's MarketOmahaBuilding2013
Omaha Auto Row Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2019
Omaha Bolt, Nut and Screw BuildingOmahaBuilding1992
Omaha Fire Department No. 5OmahaBuilding2024
Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly PlantOmahaBuilding2004
Omaha High SchoolOmahaBuilding1979
Omaha National Bank BuildingOmahaBuilding1972
Omaha Park and Boulevard SystemOmahaDistrict2013
Omaha Power Plant BuildingOmahaBuilding2015
Omaha Public LibraryOmahaBuilding1978
Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1979
Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict1996
Omaha Star, TheOmahaBuilding2007
Omaha Union Station NHLOmaha
Omaha Union Station NHLOmaha
On Leong Tong HouseOmahaBuilding2017
Orchard Hill Commercial Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2020
Ottawa Block, TheOmahaBuilding2013
Packer's National Bank BuildingOmahaBuilding1985
Park Avenue Apartment DistrictOmahaDistrict2008
Park SchoolOmahaBuilding1989
Parker, Frank, Archeological SiteFlorenceSite2009
Peerless Motor CompanyOmahaBuilding2007
Penke, Carl, FarmBenningtonBuilding2007
Polish Home, TheOmahaBuilding2015
Poppleton BlockOmahaBuilding1982
Porter-Thomsen HouseOmahaBuilding1982
Prague HotelOmahaBuilding1987
Redick TowerOmahaBuilding1984
Robinson, J. C., HouseWaterlooBuilding1980
Robinson, Lizzie, HouseOmahaBuilding1993
Rose Realty-Securities BuildingOmahaBuilding1996
Rosewater SchoolOmahaBuilding1985
Sacred Heart Catholic Church ComplexOmahaBuilding1983
Saddle Creek UnderpassOmahaStructure1992
Saint Joseph Parish ComplexOmahaBuilding1986
Sanford HotelOmahaBuilding1985
Saunders SchoolOmahaBuilding1986
Scott-Omaha Tent and Awning CompanyOmahaBuilding2017
Scottish Rite CathedralOmahaBuilding2011
Selby ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2004
Selma TerraceOmahaBuilding2008
Shafer, M.F., and Co. BuildingOmahaBuilding2002
Simon Brothers CompanyOmahaBuilding1999
South Omaha Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)OmahaDistrict1989
South Omaha Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (Additional Documentation)OmahaDistrict2023
Specht, Christian, BuildingOmahaBuilding1977
St. Cecilia's CathedralOmahaBuilding1979
St. John's A.M.E. ChurchOmahaBuilding1980
St. Martin of Tours Episcopal ChurchOmahaBuilding1982
St. Matthias' Episcopal ChurchOmahaBuilding1980
St. Philomena's Cathedral and RectoryOmahaBuilding1980
St. Richard's Catholic School and RectoryOmahaBuilding2012
Stabrie GroceryOmahaBuilding2007
Standard Oil BuildingOmahaBuilding1979
Steiner Rowhouse No. 1OmahaBuilding1991
Steiner Rowhouse No. 2OmahaBuilding1991
Stephenson and Williams LiveryOmahaBuilding2022
Storz, Gottlieb, HouseOmahaBuilding1974
Strehlow TerraceOmahaBuilding1986
Swartz Printing Company BuildingOmahaBuilding2007
Swoboda BakeryOmahaBuilding1996
Terrace CourtOmahaBuilding2008
The Berkeley ApartmentsOmahaBuilding1996
The ShermanOmahaBuilding1986
Thiessen, H., Pickle CompanyOmahaBuilding2011
Traver Brothers Row HousesOmahaBuilding2013
Trinity CathedralOmahaBuilding1974
Turner Court ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2014
Twin TowersOmahaBuilding2010
U.S.S. HAZARD and U.S.S. MARLINOmahaStructure1979
USS HAZARD (AM-240) National Historic Landmark NHLOmahaStructure1979
Undine ApartmentsOmahaBuilding2008
Union Passenger TerminalOmahaBuilding1971
Union State Bank BuildingOmahaBuilding2021
Vinton SchoolOmahaBuilding1989
Vinton Street Commercial Historic DistrictOmahaDistrict2006
Weber MillOmahaBuilding1998
Webster Telephone Exchange BuildingOmahaBuilding1977
West Lawn MausoleumOmahaBuilding2004
Wohlner's Neighborhood GroceryOmahaBuilding2010
Zabriskie, Edgar, HouseOmahaBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

DOUGLAS 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

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

585k294k4,3281860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,32837,645140,590204,524247,562281,020343,490397,038463,585584,526

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 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
Beth El Cemetery41.21125-96.04406
Bohemian Cemetery41.23895-95.99502
Calvary Cemetery41.23625-96.03008
Elk City Cemetery41.37213-96.27644
Elkhorn Cemetery41.22917-96.26863
Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery41.23944-96.03585
Flower Hill Cemetery41.3131-96.13799
Forest Lawn Memorial Park41.32845-95.98153
Golden Hill Cemetery41.305-95.97474
Graceland Park Cemetery41.21139-95.9789
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery41.25444-95.98779
Laurel Hill Cemetery41.19194-95.94196
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery41.33464-95.96623
Mount Auburn Cemetery41.20448-96.20555
Mount Calvary Cemetery41.26689-96.24785
Mount Hope Cemetery41.30381-96.03183
Mount Sinai Cemetery41.3117-96.03243
Pleasant Hill Cemetery41.25591-96.11871
Prospect Hill Cemetery41.2781-95.96012
Prospect Hill Cemetery41.29215-96.25702
Saint Mary Cemetery41.20405-95.96542
Saint Mary Magdalene Cemetery41.20364-95.98479
Springwell Danish Cemetery41.31139-96.01001
Temple Israel Cemetery41.31821-95.97635
Valley Cemetery41.34473-96.37947
Westlawn - Hillcrest Memorial Park41.23493-95.99891

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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