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