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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Buffalo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 46,102, making it Nebraska's fifth-most populous of the 93 counties. Its county seat is Kearney. The county was created in 1855 and was organized in 1870. It was named after the once-prevalent buffalo herds of the Great Plains.
Buffalo County is part of the Kearney, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Buffalo County is represented by the prefix 9; when the license plate system was established in 1922, the county ranked ninth in number of registered vehicles.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1870 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1871 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1874 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 114
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| 1870 | 193
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| 1880 | 7,531
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| 1890 | 22,162
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| 1900 | 20,254
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| 1910 | 21,907
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| 1920 | 23,787
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| 1930 | 24,338
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| 1940 | 23,655
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| 1950 | 25,134
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| 1960 | 26,236
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| 1970 | 31,222
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| 1980 | 34,797
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| 1990 | 37,447
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal
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