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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,750. Its county seat is Seward. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1867. It was originally called Greene County, and in 1862 it was renamed for William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-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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1856 | Court records recorded | 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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1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1869 | Marriage 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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1860 | 16
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1870 | 2,953
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1880 | 11,147
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1890 | 16,140
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1900 | 15,690
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1910 | 15,895
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1920 | 15,867
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1930 | 15,938
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1940 | 14,167
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1950 | 13,155
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1960 | 13,581
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1970 | 14,460
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1980 | 15,789
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1990 | 15,450
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Research Tips
External links
http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/NE/Seward
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