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Dundy County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

1,654pop. 2020

10cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1990. Most listings are in or near Benkelman.

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 Dundy titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Dundy County Courthouse	Benkelman	District	1990
Zorn Theatre	Benkelman	Building	2021

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Dundy was formed in 1873 (1873-02-27) from unknown / original county.

DUNDY created from Non-County Area 4.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Dundy County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
37	2,434	4,869	5,122	4,354	3,570	2,861	2,292	1,654

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

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

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ash Grove Cemetery	40.24195	-101.36224
Benkelman Cemetery	40.06972	-101.53259
Hiawatha Cemetery	40.32952	-101.65367
Highland Cemetery	40.20565	-101.43634
Hughes Cemetery	40.32249	-102.05045
Max Cemetery	40.09674	-101.41811
Mount Zion Cemetery	40.31435	-101.43707
Ough Cemetery	40.3213	-101.52177
Parks Cemetery	40.09777	-101.74017
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery	40.31515	-101.56832

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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