1956 Map of Gretna

About this map

Gretna and Millard serve as the primary anchors of this eastern Nebraska landscape, captured just as suburban expansion began to overlay the traditional rural framework. The terrain is defined by the three forks of the Papillion: Boxelder Creek, West Papillion Creek, and South Papillion Creek. This survey highlights a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, including Iron Bluff Sch, Lone Hill Sch, Sunny Slope Sch, and Stender Sch, which still dotted the sections before district consolidation fully transformed the educational landscape. Transportation is dominated by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern corridors, which dictated the growth of small whistle-stops like Chalco. For family historians, the map preserves the exact locations of several small burial grounds such as Pennsylvania Cem, Voss-Mohr Cem, and La Borde Cem, which remain vital landmarks for tracing the early settlement of Sarpy and Douglas counties.