Jalapa (aka Jalapa City aka Jalappa) is a bygone-never-incorporated small city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Hooper on the north side of Maple Creek (a tributary to the Elkhorn River) in Section 5 of Nickerson Township. It is also about 9 miles (14 km) north and nine miles west of Fremont.[1][2][3]
Post office
JALAPA P.O.
JAN. 18, 1859
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FREMONT, OMAHA
AND FONTENELLE
VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
ASSEMBLED HERE
IN PAUNEE WAR
JULY 5, 1859
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ERECTED BY
DODGE COUNTY
JULY 5, 1928
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(41°33′22″N 96°32′28″W / 41.5561544°N 96.5410114°W).
The Jalapa Post Office was established January 18, 1859, at the home of Henry Clay Campbell, who served as its first Postmaster. The Jalapa Post Office was discontinued July 11, 1870, and replaced by the Hooper Post Office.
Notable people
- Fannie Brown Patrick (1864–1939), musician and women's suffragist, married Frank Goodwill Patrick (1854–1922) April 4, 1888, in Jalapa.[4][5]
Bibliography
Notes
References
- Brown–Patrick Marriage, Jalapa, Nebraska, April 4, 1888 → Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855–1908 for Fannie W Brown; Dodge 1880–1889 (microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Nebraska State Historical Society by LDS Genealogical Missionaries Richard Owen Thornton (1933–2008) and wife, Agnes Marie Thornton (née Agnes Marie Johnson; 1931–2020); September 18, 1997. Film Emulsion No. 24339201. Film Unit Serial No. 2488. Project No. NEBR 02700. Roll No. 2). April 4, 1888. p. 391 of 574 (digital page 747 of 845). Retrieved June 7, 2024 – via Ancestry.com.
- Cram, George Franklin (1841–1928) (1879) [©1878]. "Cram's Rail Road and Township Map of Nebraska" (Alphanumeric grid coordinates: R, 9).
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LCCN 98-688511; OCLC 43590038.
- Fannie Brown Patrick. Nevada Suffrage Centennial.
- "Map of the State of Nebraska Showing the Lands of the Burlington & Missouri Riv. R.R. Co. in Nebraska" (Alphanumeric grid coordinates: R, 9). New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. → Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800–1893). Sons: George Woolworth Colton (1827–1901) and Charles Burnham Colton (1832–1916). 1876. LCCN 98-688604; OCLC 860942231.
- Official State Atlas of Nebraska – Compiled From Government Surveys, County Records, and Personal Investigations. "Dodge County". Philadelphia: Everts & Kirk → Louis Humphrey Everts (Brevet Major, Union Army; 1836–1924) & William H. Kirk. 1885. p. 78. Retrieved June 6, 2024. LCCN 2020-585793; OCLC 953569527 (all editions).
- Via host website (David Rumsey Historical Map Collection).
- Via HathiTrust (Cornell. 1927 reproduction by the Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society).
- Via Google Books (Cornell. 1927 reproduction by the Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society).
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