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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
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 32,237. Its county seat is Columbus. The county was created in 1855.
Platte County comprises the Columbus, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Platte County is represented by the prefix 10 (it had the 10th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state 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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| 1856 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1857 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1858 | Marriage 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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| 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 | 782
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| 1870 | 1,899
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| 1880 | 9,511
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| 1890 | 15,437
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| 1900 | 17,747
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| 1910 | 19,006
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| 1920 | 19,464
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| 1930 | 21,181
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| 1940 | 20,191
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| 1950 | 19,910
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| 1960 | 23,992
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| 1970 | 26,508
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| 1980 | 28,852
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| 1990 | 29,820
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~neplatte/
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