Place:Gosper, Nebraska, United States

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NameGosper
Alt namesGospersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.533°N 99.833°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1873 - )
See alsoGrant, Nebraska, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kearney, Nebraska, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lincoln, Nebraska, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Devils Gap
Elwood
Smithfield
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Gosper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,893. Its county seat is Elwood. The county was formed in 1873, and was organized in 1881. It was named for John J. Gosper, a Nebraska Secretary of State.

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

In the Nebraska license plate system, Gosper County is represented by the prefix 73 (it had the seventy-third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Date Event Source
1873 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1875 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1880 1,673
1890 4,816
1900 5,301
1910 4,933
1920 4,669
1930 4,287
1940 3,687
1950 2,734
1960 2,489
1970 2,178
1980 2,140
1990 1,928
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www.rootsweb.com/~negaosper/

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