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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
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. Its county seat is Fairbury. The population was 7,547 at the 2010 census.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Jefferson County is represented by the prefix 33 (it had the thirty-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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| 1856 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1864 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1864 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1864 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1864 | Probate records recorded | 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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| 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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| 1870 | 2,440
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| 1880 | 8,096
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| 1890 | 14,850
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| 1900 | 15,196
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| 1910 | 16,852
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| 1920 | 16,140
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| 1930 | 16,409
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| 1940 | 15,532
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| 1950 | 13,623
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| 1960 | 11,620
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| 1970 | 10,436
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| 1980 | 9,817
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| 1990 | 8,759
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nejeffer/
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