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Merrick County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles

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8historic places

—earliest paper

1858formed

7,668pop. 2020

10cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Central City, Chapman, Clarks.

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 Merrick titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cahow Barber Shop	Chapman	Building	1984
Clarksville Township Carnegie Library	Clarks	Building	2021
Ellen, Martha, Auditorium	Central City	Building	1988
Hord, Heber, House	Central City	Building	1987
Morris, Wright, Boyhood House	Central City	Building	1980
Nelson Farm	Central City	District	2009
Patterson Law Office	Central City	Building	1979
Riverside Park Dance Pavillion	Central City	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

Merrick was formed in 1858 (1858-11-04) from Buffalo, Polk.

MERRICK created by Nebraska Territory from BUFFALO, POLK, and Non-County Area 1. MERRICK overlapped part of the Pawnee Indian Reservation.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
109	5,341	9,255	10,763	9,354	8,812	8,363	8,945	8,204	7,668

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
Bureau Cemetery	41.26423	-97.93492
Burke Cemetery	41.18339	-98.04029
Calvary Cemetery	41.21953	-97.82155
Central City Cemetery	41.13692	-97.99585
Chapman Cemetery	41.01654	-98.15569
Clarks Cemetery	41.21952	-97.82037
Prairie Creek Cemetery	41.11749	-98.15377
Rose Hill Cemetery	41.22556	-98.2695
Saint Lawrence Cemetery	41.29406	-97.70632
Silver Creek Cemetery	41.32248	-97.68353

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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