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Sarpy County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
19historic places
—earliest paper
1857formed
190,604pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 19 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista.

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 Sarpy titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 19 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

19 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bellevue College DormitoriesBellevueBuilding2017
Big Papillion Creek BridgeLa VistaStructure1992
Blacksmith ShopBellevueBuilding1978
Fontanelle BankBellevueBuilding1969
Fontenelle Forest Historic DistrictBellevueDistrict1974
Fort Crook Historic DistrictBellevueDistrict1976
Gordon, William E., HouseBellevueBuilding2006
Hamilton, William, HouseBellevueBuilding1969
Kurz Omaha VillagePapillionSite1973
Linoma BeachGretnaDistrict2003
Moses Merrill Mission and Oto Indian VillageLa PlatteSite1972
Old Log CabinBellevueBuilding1970
Patterson SiteSouth BendSite2007
Presbyterian ChurchBellevueBuilding1970
Sarpy, Peter A., Trading Post SiteBellevueSite1975
Sautter, John, FarmhousePapillionBuilding1980
Springfield Community HallSpringfieldBuilding1998
Third Sarpy County CourthousePapillonBuilding1990
Zweibel FarmsteadPapillionBuilding2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sarpy was formed in 1857 (1857-02-07) from Dodge, Douglas.

SARPY created by Nebraska Territory from DODGE and DOUGLAS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

191k96k1,2011860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,2014,4819,0809,37010,83515,69331,28186,015122,595190,604

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

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

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Ball Cemetery41.02032-96.19276
Bellevue Cemetery41.14927-95.89406
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery41.17247-95.97609
Cedar Dale Cemetery41.14183-96.03387
Fairview Cemetery41.10278-96.05168
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery41.13139-96.27807
La Platte Cemetery41.06944-95.93415
Laborde Cemetery41.14661-96.23341
Papillion Cemetery41.17583-96.0414
Pennsylvania Cemetery41.15398-96.22572
Portal Cemetery41.18381-96.08084
Saint Johns Cemetery41.18635-95.96858
Springfield Memorial Cemetery41.0975-96.13752
Voss Mohr Cemetery41.19017-96.12964
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Fairview41.1-96.05029
Plattford41.05-96.20863

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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