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Stanton County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
1historic places
—earliest paper
1855formed
5,842pop. 2020
12cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2018. Most listings are in or near Stanton.

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 Stanton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property
PropertyCityTypeListed
Stanton Carnegie LibraryStantonBuilding2018

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Stanton was formed in 1855 (1855-03-16) from Burt.

IZARD (now STANTON) created by Nebraska Territory from BURT and non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Stanton County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

7,8094,2226361870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
6361,8136,9597,7566,8876,3875,7836,5496,4555,842

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

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

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed
NameLatLon
Bega Cemetery42.0733-97.23469
Belz Cemetery41.95294-97.26246
Bethlehem Cemetery42.03341-97.2241
Erychleb Cemetery41.86627-97.21402
Koch Cemetery41.98541-97.17327
Lutheran Cemetery42.04335-97.36409
Pilger Cemetery42.0216-97.05954
Pleasant Run Cemetery41.99014-97.28166
Stanton Cemetery41.96056-97.21272
Zander Cemetery41.98839-97.17507
Zilmer Cemetery41.94638-97.25274
Zion Cemetery42.04253-97.36422

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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