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Jefferson County History

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First Towns & Post Offices

• Big Sandy Station P.O.
• Cub Creek P.O.
• East Meridian P.O.
• Freeport
• Jefferson P.O.
• Jenkins's Mill
• Lemonville
• Little Sandy P.O.
• Mark's Mills
• Meridian (First Real Town - about 1868)
• Plymouth P.O. (Old Plymouth)
• Rock Creek Station P.O.

Source: Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County (1912)

1885 Towns & Post Offices

• Bowers P.O. - Richland Twp. Sec. 2
• Diller - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 26 & 25
• Endicott - Endicott Twp. Sec. 4
• Fairbury - Fairbury Twp. Sec. 14 & 15
• Kesterson - Antelope Twp. Sec. 3 & 4
• Meridian P.O. - Meridian Twp. Sec. 19
• Plymouth P.O. - Plymouth Twp. Sec. 31
• Powell - Meridian Pct. Twp. 14 & 20
• Reynolds - Buckley Twp. Sec. 8 & 17
• Rose Creek (Formerly Mark's Mill) - Buckley Twp. Sec. 7
• Steele City - Newton Pct. Twp. 19

Source: Everts & Kirk's Official State Atlas of Nebraska 1885

1900 Towns & Post Offices

• Bower P.O. - Washington Twp. Sec. 35
• Daykin (1887) - Eureka Twp. Sec. 10 & 15
• Diller - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 25 & 26
• Endicott - Endicott Twp. Sec. 4
• Fairbury - Fairbury Twp. Sec. 11, 14, 15, & 23
• Fitzgerald Siding (R.R. siding with an elevator) - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 29
• Gladstone - Lincoln Twp. Sec. 10
• Harbine - Jefferson Twp. Sec. 27 & 28
• Helvey - Eureka Twp. Sec. 36
• Jansen - Cub Creek Twp. Sec. 34
• Kesterson (only shows depot & mill) - Antelope Twp. Sec. 3
• Plymouth (1892) - Plymouth Twp. Sec. 21
• Powell - Meridian Twp. Sec. 14 & 23
• Reynolds - Buckley Twp. Sec. 8 & 17
• Rose Creek City - Buckley Twp. Sec. 7
• Steele City (P. O. Steelburg) - Newton Twp. Sec. 19
• Thompson - Buckley Twp. Sec. 12

Source: Northwest Publishing Co. Plat Book of Jefferson County 1900

1917 Towns & Post Offices

• Bower - Washington Twp. Sec. 35
• Daykin - Eureka Twp. Sec. 10 & 15
• Diller - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 25 & 26
• Endicott - Endicott Twp. Sec. 4
• Fairbury - Fairbury Twp. Sec. 11, 14, 15, & 23
• Gladstone - Lincoln Twp. Sec. 10
• Harbine - Jefferson Twp. Sec. 27 & 28
• Helvey - Eureka Twp. Sec. 36
• Jansen - Cub Creek Twp. Sec. 34
• Kesterson Station (only shows depot) - Antelope Twp. Sec. 3
• Plymouth - Plymouth Twp. Sec. 21
• Powell - Meridian Twp. Sec. 14 & 23
• Reynolds - Buckley Twp. Sec. 8 & 17
• Rose Creek City - Buckley Twp. Sec. 7
• Shea (Formerly Fitzgerald Siding) - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 29
• Steele City - Newton Twp. Sec. 19
• Thompson - Buckley Twp. Sec. 12

Source: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Standard Atlas of Jefferson County 1917

1997 Towns

• Daykin - Eureka Twp. Sec. 10 & 15
• Diller - Pleasant Twp. Sec. 25 & 26
• Endicott - Endicott Twp. Sec. 4
• Fairbury - Fairbury Twp. Sec. 11, 14, 15, & 23
• Gladstone - Lincoln Twp. Sec. 10
• Harbine - Jefferson Twp. Sec. 27 & 28
• Jansen - Cub Creek Twp. Sec. 34
• Plymouth - Plymouth Twp. Sec. 21
• Powell - Meridian Twp. Sec. 14 & 23
• Reynolds - Buckley Twp. Sec. 8 & 17
• Steele City - Newton Twp. Sec. 19
• Thompson - Buckley Twp. Sec. 12

Townships

• Antelope
• Buckley
• Cub Creek
• Endicott
• Eureka
• Fairbury
• Gibson
• Jefferson
• Lincoln
• Meridian
• Newton
• Pleasant
• Plymouth
• Richland
• Rock Creek
• Washington

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