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Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska

township in Butler County, Nebraska

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7880952 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ulysses Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 315 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 318.

The Village of Ulysses lies within the Township.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska” as township in Butler County, Nebraska. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ulysses, Township and Butler can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Butler County, Nebraska. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7880952. Authority coordinates are 41.091, -97.200. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2021.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska primary sources, Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska archive and Ulysses research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.