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Phelps County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
5historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
8,968pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1990. Most listings are in or near Holdrege, Overton, Loomis.

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 Phelps titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Brenstrom FarmsteadOvertonBuilding2011
C B & Q Holdrege DepotHoldregeBuilding1997
Farmers State BankLoomisBuilding2013
Kinner HouseHoldregeBuilding2004
Phelps County CourthouseHoldregeBuilding1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Phelps was formed in 1873 (1873-02-11) from Kearney.

PHELPS created from KEARNEY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

11k6,6092,447188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,44710,7729,9008,4529,0489,8009,7699,7478,968

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

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

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Bethel Cemetery40.44634-99.30329
Fridhem Cemetery40.46765-99.2178
Highland Cemetery40.51915-99.64351
Immanuel Cemetery40.56837-99.62904
Industry Cemetery40.40689-99.4421
Magill Cemetery40.55389-99.28537
Platte Valley Cemetery40.64265-99.50329
Prairie Cemetery40.37917-99.32064
Prairie Home Cemetery40.45479-99.34966
Sandstrom Cemetery40.59827-99.56726
Shaw Cemetery40.43016-99.57852

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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