PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA BUILDINGS
Schools, Churches, Homes, Hospitals and Businesses

• Platte County Churches - some history, some records. A good place to find those elusive ancestors.

• Platte County Schools - listed by township. Includes all schools districts and parochial schools, their locations, early school board and teachers, if known. Some include early students.
  • Bismark (Districts 2, 10, 15, 36, and Christ Lutheran);
    Burrows (District 14, 41, 54, 60, and 75);
    Butler (Districts 7, 8, and St. Stanislaus in Duncan);
    Columbus (District 1, 3, 5, 9, 44, 71, 80, 82, St. Bonaventure and Immanuel Lutheran);
    
    • School Nurses - names of school nurses, rules
    • School Reports - reports, statistics
    Creston (Districts 33, 43, 45, 58, 74 and 78);
    Grand Prairie (Districts 21, 28, 30, 72, 84, and St. John's);
    Granville (Districts 38, 52, 66, 67 and 69);
    Humphrey (Districts 19, 49, 53, and St. Francis in Humphrey);
    Joliet (Districts 31, 42, 51, 64 and 81);
    Lost Creek (Districts 11, 17, 20, 24, and St. Joseph in Platte Center);
    Loup (Districts 16, 34, 37 and 73);
    Monroe (Districts 26, 32, and 39);
    Oconee (Districts 6, 13, 25, 55, and 76);
    Shell Creek (Districts 4, 12, 22 and 35);
    Sherman (Districts 23, 46, 48 and 77);
    St. Bernard (Districts 29, 50, 56, 70, 79, Holy Family in Lindsay and St. Bernard);
    Walker (Districts 18, 40, 57, 61, 63, 65 and 83);
    Woodville (District 27, 47, 59, 62, and 68)

  • Miscellaneous - Information found that pertains to many or all of the above districts.

• Businesses - History and articles of early businesses.
  • Growth of a New Town - Building of businesses and homes, relocations, etc. (1870-1879)
  • Improvements and Growth - Growth, projected improvements, etc. (1880-1889)
  • More Improvements and Growth - (1890-1899)
  • Continued Improvements and Growth - (1900's)

  • Columbus Businesses on 11th Street, then and now, some with photos
  • Columbus Businesses on 12th Street, then and now, some with photos
  • Columbus Businesses on 13th Street, then and now, some with photos
  • Columbus Businesses located on 7th Street and on the Avenues, then and now

  • List of Known Photographers

• Miscellaneous Businesses, Buildings, and More
  • Welch Community Hall

  • Hospitals

  • Hotels

  • Lincoln Highway - Proposed Route

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