NEBRASKA'S
District Land Offices

© Jerry Penry 2013

Omaha………………………….…..July 22, 1854 - July 7, 1868 (Moved to West Point).
Brownville………………………..March 3, 1857 - July 7, 1868 (Moved to Beatrice).
Dakota City………………….……March 3, 1857 - October 1, 1875 (Moved to Niobrara).
Nebraska City……………………March 3, 1857 - July 7, 1868 (Moved to Lincoln).
Beatrice…………………….……….July 7, 1868 - Sept. 15, 1887 (Closed and consolidated with Lincoln).
Lincoln………………………..……..July 7, 1868 - May 1, 1925 (Closed and consolidated with Alliance).
Grand Island………………….…..April 20, 1869 - December 25, 1893 (Closed and consolidated with Lincoln).
West Point…………………..…….July 7, 1868 - March 1873 (Moved to Norfolk).
Lowell…………………………….….August 2, 1872 - September 10, 1874 (Moved to Bloomington).
North Platte…………………..….April 22, 1872 - October 11, 1918 (Closed and consolidated with Broken Bow).
Norfolk………………………...…..March 1873 - July 28, 1881 (Moved to Neligh).
Bloomington………………..……July 1, 1874 - December 31, 1893 (Closed and consolidated with McCook).
Niobrara…………………….……..October 1, 1875 - June 30, 1888 (Moved to O’Neill).
Neligh…………………………..……June 28, 1881 - February 10, 1894 (Closed and consolidated with O’Neill).
Valentine……………………..……June 19, 1882 - December 31, 1918 (Closed and consolidated with Broken Bow).
McCook………………………….…June 19, 1882 - January 31, 1905 (Closed and consolidated with Lincoln).
Chadron……………………….…..May 3, 1886 - January 31, 1894 (Closed and consolidated with Alliance).
Sidney……………………….……..May 3, 1886 - February 28, 1906 (Closed and consolidated with North Platte).
O'Neill……………………….……..July 16, 1888 - October 10, 1918 (Closed and consolidated with Lincoln).
Broken Bow………….………….April 16, 1890 - July 1, 1922 (Closed and consolidated with Lincoln).
Alliance………………….………..April 16, 1890 - January 31, 1933 (Office closed).

The above dates are a close approximation. The dates were not always clear as to whether it was the
approved date for opening or closing the office or the actual date that the office was opened or closed for business.

1854-1857

1857-1868

1868-1872

1872-1882

1882-1886

1886-1890

1890-1893

1894-1905

1905-1906

1906-1918

1919-1921

1922-1924

The above images are courtesy of the book Land Systems and Land Policies in Nebraska. Addison E. Sheldon. Nebraska State Historical Society. 1936.

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© Jerry Penry 2013