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Location of Gage County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gage County, Nebraska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
McDannald Homestead: McDannald Homestead: February 17, 1978 : 5847 Sunbury Rd. No: Demolished: 104 # Frederick A. Miller House-Broad Gables: Frederick A. Miller House-Broad Gables: August 8, 1985 : 2065 Barton Pl. and 140 Park Dr.
Homestead National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System known as the Homestead National Monument of America prior to 2021, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property.
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The Beatrice Downtown Historic District in Beatrice, Nebraska is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [ 1 ] The listing included 113 contributing buildings , six contributing structures , and a contributing site on about 40 acres (16 ha).
Beatrice (/ b i ˈ æ t r ɪ s /) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Its population was 12,261 at the 2020 census, making it the 15th most populous city in Nebraska. Beatrice is located approximately 42 miles south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sioux 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 an online map.
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a major factor in opening the Great Plains to white settlement. Under the provisions of the Act, settlers could obtain title to a quarter-section (160 acres, or 65 ha) of land for a nominal fee, provided that they built a house, made certain improvements, farmed the land, and occupied the site for at least five years.