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Dawson was originally known as Noraville, and under the latter name was platted in 1872 when the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was extended to that point. [5] The name Noraville caused considerable strife among the town's residents, who insisted on calling their town Dawson, after Joshua Dawson, an early settler.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
More than 1,100 properties and districts in Nebraska are on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, 20 are National Historic Landmarks . There are listings in 90 of the state's 93 counties .
In 1911, he turned the Kearney studio over to his son and began work as an agent for the Standard Land Company. He gave stereopticon lectures throughout Buffalo and Dawson counties promoting the company's irrigated lands in south Texas, and made plans to move there himself. [28] Butcher photo: Frederic Schreyer and family, Custer County, 1880s.
Dawson County lies near the center of Nebraska, in the portion of the state that observes Central Time. According to the US Census Bureau , the county has an area of 1,019 square miles (2,640 km 2 ), of which 1,013 square miles (2,620 km 2 ) is land and 6.3 square miles (16 km 2 ) (0.6%) is water.
Location of Saunders County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saunders County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Stephen Boyd Miles circa 1882. Miles Ranch near Dawson, Nebraska was the first of the great ranches established west of the Missouri River.It was established by Stephen Boyd Miles in 1855 as part of “mail grant land” awarded by the United States Government in exchange for transporting mail, freight, and passengers between Independence, Missouri, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.