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Gage County, Nebraska

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31historic places

—earliest paper

1855formed

21,704pop. 2020

33cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 31 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Beatrice, Wymore, Barneston.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 31 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

31 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barneston Site	Barneston	Site	1974
Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and Gatehouse	Beatrice	Building	1979
Beatrice City Library	Beatrice	Building	1976
Beatrice Downtown Historic District	Beatrice	District	2016
Beatrice Municipal Auditorium	Beatrice	Building	2005
Big Indian Creek Bridge	Wymore	Structure	1992
Bloody Run Bridge	Virginia	Structure	1992
Blue Springs Site	Blue Springs	Site	1973
Bridge	Wymore	Structure	1992
Burlington Northern Depot	Beatrice	Building	1975
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church	Beatrice	Building	2023
Christ Church Episcopal	Beatrice	Building	1999
DeWitt Flour Mills and King Iron Bridge	DeWitt	Building	1978
Dole, Marion and Ruth Ann, House	Beatrice	Building	2010
Farmers State Bank	Adams	Building	1992
Filley, Elijah, Stone Barn	Filley	Building	1977
First Commercial Bank	Odell	Building	2007
First Trinity Lutheran Church	Beatrice	Building	2016
Gage County Courthouse	Beatrice	District	1990
Homestead National Monument of America	Beatrice	District	1966
Hoyt Street Bridge	Beatrice	Structure	1992
Institution for Feeble Minded Youth Farm	Beatrice	Building	1997
Johnson Cabin Museum	Blue Springs	Building	2015
Kilpatrick, Samuel D., House	Beatrice	Building	1984
Lake Bridenthal House	Wymore	Building	1983
Mission Creek Bridge	Barneston	Structure	1992
North Eleventh Street Historic District	Beatrice	District	2010
North Seventh Street Historic District	Beatrice	District	2010
Paddock Hotel	Beatrice	Building	1987
Purdy, Rachel Kilpatrick, House	Beatrice	Building	2006
Schmuck, J., Block	Beatrice	Building	2008

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Gage was formed in 1855 (1855-03-16) from Forney, Richardson.

GAGE created by Nebraska Territory from FORNEY (extinct) and RICHARDSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
421	13,164	30,051	29,721	29,588	28,052	26,818	24,456	22,993	21,704

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
HOME	Park unit	13.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 33 of 33 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anyon Cemetery	40.15665	-96.81361
Barneston Cemetery	40.06611	-96.57585
Bethel Cemetery	40.05877	-96.65176
Blue Springs Cemetery	40.15266	-96.66275
Brethren Cemetery	40.21237	-96.63376
Calvary Cemetery	40.1225	-96.69116
Czech National Cemetery	40.0638	-96.80168
Ellis Cemetery	40.19723	-96.82259
Ellis Cemetery	40.22612	-96.87876
Evergreen Home Cemetery	40.26778	-96.70558
Filley Cemetery	40.27633	-96.53091
Freeman Grave Site	40.28647	-96.82711
Grandview Cemetery	40.46149	-96.60946
Highland Cemetery	40.45759	-96.51999
Highland Center Cemetery	40.46604	-96.76156
Hooker Cemetery	40.42083	-96.47363
Immanuel Cemetery	40.50917	-96.81366
Liberty Cemetery	40.07712	-96.49911
Odell Cemetery	40.06379	-96.8027
Pleasant View Cemetery	40.34907	-96.7103
Reserve Cemetery	40.0886	-96.86411
Rose Hill Cemetery	40.39359	-96.85585
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery	40.04513	-96.63836
Saint Joseph Cemetery	40.30549	-96.74577
Saint Josephs Cemetery	40.05931	-96.79272
Saint Josephs Cemetery	40.06537	-96.57582
Saint Marys Cemetery	40.14637	-96.68134
Stark Cemetery	40.21238	-96.61495
Sunnyside Cemetery	40.48013	-96.65118
Trinity Cemetery	40.45137	-96.89445
Virginia Cemetery	40.21842	-96.5119
Wymore Cemetery	40.1245	-96.69114
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	40.3458	-96.61494

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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