NRHP: Dixon County Courthouse
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Dixon County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 89002247
NRHP Listing Date: 19900110
Location
SWC 3rd & Iowa, Ponca, Dixon County, Nebraska
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Summary
Dixon County was established in 1858. Several communities competed for the county seat designation, including Concord, Dixon (a paper town), and Ponca. In 1858 the first election on the county seat question was held, and Ponca, which was established the previous year, won. Rival settlements exacted their revenge, however, by withholding approval for building a courthouse in Ponca for about twenty-five years. Although the county records are somewhat contradictory, it seems that a courthouse was built in 1883 or 1884. In 1940 an addition was built on the existing structure.
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