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Otoe County, Nebraska

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
28historic places
—earliest paper
1855formed
15,912pop. 2020
27cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Nebraska City, Dunbar, Lorton.

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 Otoe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Arbor Lodge NHLNebraska CityDistrict1969
BoscobelNebraska CityBuilding1976
BridgeLortonStructure1992
BridgeNebraska CityStructure1992
Camp Creek Cemetery and ChapelNebraska CitySite2011
Camp Creek School, Otoe County District No. 54Nebraska CityBuilding1980
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial HallNebraska CityBuilding1994
Harmony School, School District #53Nebraska CityBuilding2005
Kregel Wind Mill CompanyNebraska CityBuilding1993
Kregel Wind Mill Company NHLNebraska CityBuilding
Lee, George F., Octagon HousesNebraska CityBuilding1977
Little Nemaha River BridgeDunbarStructure1992
Massow, Joachim-Schultz, Charles and Annie, HouseDunbarBuilding2012
Mayhew CabinNebraska CityBuilding2011
Memorial BuildingNebraska CityBuilding2016
Morton-James Public LibraryNebraska CityBuilding1976
Nebraska City Burlington DepotNebraska CityBuilding1997
Nebraska City Historic DistrictNebraska CityDistrict1976
Otoe County CourthouseNebraska CityBuilding1976
Palmyra Pioneer CemeteryPalmyraSite2021
South 13th Street Historic DistrictNebraska CityDistrict1976
South Nebraska City Historic DistrictNebraska CityDistrict1976
St. Benedict's Catholic ChurchNebraska CityBuilding1983
U.S. Post OfficeNebraska CityBuilding1971
Unadilla Main Street Historic DistrictUnadillaDistrict1995
Ware, Jasper A., HouseNebraska CityBuilding1973
Wolf Creek BridgeDunbarStructure1992
Wyoming BridgeDunbarStructure1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Otoe was formed in 1855 (1855-03-16) from Cass, PIERCE (original, extinct).

OTOE created by Nebraska Territory from CASS and PIERCE (original, extinct). Map depicts interpretation of unclear boundary description.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

25k15k4,2111860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,21115,72722,28819,49418,99417,05616,50315,18315,39615,912

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

27 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed
NameLatLon
Biggs Cemetery40.60229-96.01141
Bloomingdale Cemetery40.56862-95.87842
Bunten Cemetery40.75564-96.43455
Camp Creek Cemetery40.5679-95.80225
Cowles Cemetery40.74126-95.93976
Dudley Cemetery40.60821-96.19892
Dughman Cemetery40.57034-96.34558
Dunbar Cemetery40.65426-96.05796
Fairview Cemetery40.55251-96.01064
Hope Cemetery40.55254-96.29406
Mount Zion Cemetery40.62471-96.44522
Park Hill Cemetery40.66944-96.18774
Pioneer Cemetery40.6901-96.36875
Pleasant Hill Cemetery40.76958-96.26058
Rosewood Cemetery40.7125-96.39807
Saint Benedicts Cemetery40.66081-95.83017
Saint Leos Cemetery40.71102-96.39996
Saint Martins Cemetery40.58415-96.38693
Saint Marys Cemetery40.69343-95.86774
Schacht Cemetery40.54475-96.12748
Solon Cemetery40.59157-96.44474
Spahnle Cemetery40.77065-96.46358
Thompson Cemetery40.72555-96.33139
Unadilla Cemetery40.69748-96.28225
Union Cemetery40.74117-96.0747
Warner Cemetery40.6823-96.16553
Wyuka Cemetery40.66969-95.87215
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Cio40.59556-96.02445
Delta40.59556-96.02445

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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