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Welcome to Plattford ...

So far, we found very little information about Plattford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Plattford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plattford, please Contact Us.

Plattford would have been located within present day Sarpy County<2>.


The location of Plattford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Plattford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Plattford is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Plattford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Plattford still existed, it would have been in the (402) & (531)<5> area codes.

Communities near Plattford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plattford.

  • Omaha
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
    • Omaha is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
    • Omaha has also been known as:
    • Omaha City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <6>
  • Bellevue
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Papillion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papillion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papillion
    • Papillion is located in Sarpy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Papillion <6>
  • La Vista
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista
    • La Vista is located in Sarpy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Vista <6>
  • Ralston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ralston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
    • Ralston is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,254 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralston <6>
  • Plattsmouth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plattsmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsmouth
    • Plattsmouth is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,416 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plattsmouth <6>
  • Elkhorn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
    • Elkhorn is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhorn <6>
  • Gretna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Waverly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Ashland is located in Saunders County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Plattford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plattford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plattford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plattford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plattford. See our Newspapers Page for Plattford.

Adding Plattford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plattford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Plattford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Plattford post office opened in 1858.

We also found Plattford in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plattford.

The official website for Sarpy County: www.sarpy.com/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Plattford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Sarpy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plattford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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