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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
Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 322,608, making it the second-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Lincoln, the state capital. The county was created in 1859.
Lancaster County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Lancaster County was represented by the prefix 2 (it had the second-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state discontinued the 1922 system in Lancaster, Douglas and Sarpy counties.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1855 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1858 | Land 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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| 1863 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1866 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1866 | Probate 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 153
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| 1870 | 7,074
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| 1880 | 28,090
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| 1890 | 76,395
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| 1900 | 64,835
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| 1910 | 73,793
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| 1920 | 85,902
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| 1930 | 100,324
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| 1940 | 100,585
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| 1950 | 119,742
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| 1960 | 155,272
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| 1970 | 167,972
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| 1980 | 192,884
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| 1990 | 213,641
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas
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