Place:Dawson, Nebraska, United States

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NameDawson
Alt namesDawsonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.867°N 99.817°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1860 - )
See alsoCuster, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
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Cozad
Darr
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Lexington
Overton
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Willow Island
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 24,326. Its county seat is Lexington.

Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Dawson County is represented by the prefix 18 (it had the 18th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Date Event Source
1860 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 16
1870 103
1880 2,909
1890 10,129
1900 12,214
1910 15,961
1920 16,004
1930 17,875
1940 17,890
1950 19,393
1960 19,405
1970 19,467
1980 22,304
1990 19,940
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www.rootsweb.com/~nedawson/

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