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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
Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 9,429. Its county seat is Aurora. The county was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury in the new United States government.
Hamilton County is included in the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Hamilton County is represented by the prefix 28 (it had the 28th-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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1867 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1870 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1870 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1870 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1871 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1871 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1871 | Probate 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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1870 | 130
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1880 | 8,267
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1890 | 14,096
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1900 | 13,330
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1910 | 13,459
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1920 | 13,237
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1930 | 12,159
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1940 | 9,982
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1950 | 8,778
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1960 | 8,714
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1970 | 8,867
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1980 | 9,301
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1990 | 8,862
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nehamilt
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