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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
Thurston County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,940. Its county seat is Pender.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Thurston County is represented by the prefix 55 (it had the 55th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
The Siouan-speaking Omaha and Ho-Chunk (Ho-Chunk) have reservations in Thurston County. The two reservations combined comprise the county's entire land area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1855 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1855 | Marriage 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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| 1882 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1886 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1895 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1917 | Birth 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 | 31
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| 1880 | 109
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| 1890 | 3,176
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| 1900 | 6,517
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| 1910 | 8,704
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| 1920 | 9,589
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| 1930 | 10,462
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| 1940 | 10,243
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| 1950 | 8,590
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| 1960 | 7,237
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| 1970 | 6,942
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| 1980 | 7,186
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| 1990 | 6,936
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nethurst/
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