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Loup County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1883formed

607pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1989. Most listings are in or near Taylor.

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 Loup titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Pavillion Hotel	Taylor	Building	1989
Williams, Thomas and Mary, Homestead	Taylor	Building	1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Loup was formed in 1883 (1883-02-23) from unknown / original county.

LOUP created from Non-County Area 1. This county was located in a different part of Nebraska from the LOUP (original, extinct) that existed from 1855-1856.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Loup County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,662	1,305	1,946	1,777	1,348	1,097	859	712	607

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

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

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Almeria Cemetery	41.81783	-99.51329
Kent Cemetery	41.74172	-99.30932
Madison Square Cemetery	41.76937	-99.53147
Moulton Cemetery	41.8575	-99.58556
Taylor Cemetery	41.7576	-99.38649

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Kent	41.75556	-99.30872

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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