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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
Dixon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,000. Its county seat is Ponca. The county was created in 1856 and attached to Dakota County. It was organized in 1858.
Dixon County is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Dixon County is represented by the prefix 35 (it had the 35th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1856 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1858 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1861 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1862 | Land records recorded | 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 | 247
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| 1870 | 1,345
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| 1880 | 4,177
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| 1890 | 8,084
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| 1900 | 10,535
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| 1910 | 11,477
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| 1920 | 11,815
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| 1930 | 11,586
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| 1940 | 10,413
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| 1950 | 9,129
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| 1960 | 8,106
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| 1970 | 7,453
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| 1980 | 7,137
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| 1990 | 6,143
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Research Tips
External links
www.co.dixon.ne.us
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