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Saunders County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
20historic places
—earliest paper
1856formed
22,278pop. 2020
45cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Ashland, Wahoo, Inglewood.

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 Saunders titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

11 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashland Archeological DistrictAshlandDistrict2000
Ashland Public LibraryAshlandBuilding1983
Barnes Oil CompanyAshlandBuilding2002
Camp Ashland Memorial HallAshlandBuilding2021
Hanson, Howard, HouseWahooBuilding1983
Hoffman BuildingAshlandBuilding2014
Ithaca Grain Elevator, OldIthacaBuilding2001
Kacirek-Woita General StoreWestonBuilding2014
Kirchman, F.J., HouseWahooBuilding2003
Leshara SiteLesharaSite1972
McClean SiteInglewoodSite1972
National Bank of AshlandAshlandSite1983
O. K. MarketWahooBuilding1991
PahukCedar BluffsSite1973
Rad Plzen cis. 9 Z.C.B.J. (SD10-6)Morse BluffBuilding1986
Saunders County CourthouseWahooDistrict1990
St. Stephen's Episcopal ChurchAshlandBuilding1979
Wahoo Burlington DepotWahooBuilding1985
Woodcliff BurialsInglewoodSite1973
Yutan SiteYutanSite1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Saunders was formed in 1856 (1856-01-26) from Greene, Lancaster.

CALHOUN (now SAUNDERS) created by Nebraska Territory from GREENE (now SEWARD), and LANCASTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

22k11k411860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4115,81022,08520,58917,89216,92317,27018,71619,83022,278

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

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

Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed
NameLatLon
Alma Cemetery41.21906-96.52253
Bethel Cemetery41.21603-96.77373
Bethesda Cemetery41.27114-96.71707
Bohemian National Cemetery41.31045-96.80012
Carr Cemetery41.07815-96.37684
Czech Cemetery41.15605-96.68704
Czech National Cemetery41.42721-96.82454
Edensburg Lutheran Cemetery41.24805-96.72249
Fleming Cemetery41.37944-96.72558
Fridhem Cemetery41.11667-96.63696
Green Mound Cemetery41.28552-96.52546
Greenwood Cemetery41.22308-96.62086
Hollst - Lawn Cemetery41.22004-96.41236
Holy Rosary Cemetery41.33388-96.69752
Indian Mound Cemetery41.16203-96.5358
Jensen Cemetery41.08945-96.8303
Johannes Cemetery41.37914-96.64458
Little Flower Cemetery41.33514-96.48349
Maple Grove Cemetery41.38766-96.60083
Marietta Cemetery41.2786-96.56248
Morning Side Cemetery41.21721-96.48387
National Bohemian Cemetery41.20262-96.83008
Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery41.07397-96.59181
Parmenter Cemetery41.17552-96.39641
Platteville Cemetery41.35069-96.54162
Pleasant Hill Cemetery41.08853-96.59086
Pleasant View Cemetery41.29939-96.42696
Pohocco Cemetery41.42288-96.55816
Rock Creek Cemetery41.08187-96.71764
Saint Francis Cemetery41.20403-96.60106
Saint James Cemetery41.21962-96.43568
Saint John Cemetery41.31459-96.803
Saint Johns Cemetery41.30291-96.73723
Saint Marys Cemetery41.06753-96.84115
Saint Marys Cemetery41.39324-96.69473
Saint Vitus Cemetery41.13609-96.82286
Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery41.23462-96.63242
Sunrise Cemetery41.2051-96.60016
Union Cemetery41.3516-96.61104
Valparaiso Cemetery41.07564-96.84737
Weston Cemetery41.20137-96.74226
Wiegand Cemetery41.38191-96.6204
Willow Creek Cemetery41.33655-96.81365
Zion Evangelical Cemetery41.11812-96.53053
Zion Lutheran Cemetery41.12488-96.52042
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Rescue41.34445-96.86975

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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