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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Clay is the name of both a former and a current county of Nebraska.
Former County
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1860 | 165
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Current County
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,542. Its county seat is Clay Center. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1871. It was named for Henry Clay, a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky, who went on to become United States Secretary of State.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Clay County is represented by the prefix 30 (it had the 30th-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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1870 | 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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1871 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1871 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1871 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1872 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1872 | Land 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 | 54
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1880 | 11,294
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1890 | 16,310
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1900 | 15,735
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1910 | 15,729
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1920 | 14,486
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1930 | 13,571
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1940 | 10,445
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1950 | 8,700
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1960 | 8,717
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1970 | 8,266
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1980 | 8,106
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1990 | 7,123
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Clay County, Nebraska, United States
Research Tips
Resources
www.rootsweb.com/~neclay/
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