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Valley County, Nebraska

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

—newspaper titles

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1871formed

4,059pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near North Loup, Arcadia, Burwell.

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 Valley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arcadia Township Carnegie Library	Arcadia	Building	2020
Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House	Burwell	Building	1990
Fort Hartsuff	Elyria	District	1978
North Loup Bridge	North Loup	Structure	1992
Rad Slavin cis. 112 Z. C. B. J. Hall	Comstock	Building	1992
Schultz Site NHL	North Loup	Site	1966
Valley County Courthouse	Ord	Building	1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Valley was formed in 1871 (1871-03-01) from unknown / original county.

VALLEY created from Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,324	7,339	9,823	8,163	7,252	6,590	5,633	4,647	4,059

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

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery	41.6617	-99.18666
Czech National Cemetery	41.62472	-99.15373
Davis Creek Cemetery	41.42207	-98.90556
Elyria Cemetery	41.66927	-99.00451
Hillside Cemetery	41.48887	-98.79669
Ord Cemetery	41.61401	-98.94138
Round Park Cemetery	41.55268	-99.18377
Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery	41.49002	-98.92462

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Geranium	41.61029	-99.13093
Vinton	41.53918	-98.98037

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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