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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
Gage County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 22,311. Its county seat is Beatrice. The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. It was formed from land taken from the Otoe in an 1854 treaty. The county was named for W.D. Gage, a Methodist minister.
Gage County comprises the Beatrice, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in the Lincoln-Beatrice, NE Combined Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Gage County is represented by the prefix 3 (it had the third-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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| 1855 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1855 | 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 | 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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| 1860 | Marriage 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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| 1890 | 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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| 1860 | 421
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| 1870 | 3,359
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| 1880 | 13,164
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| 1890 | 36,344
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| 1900 | 30,051
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| 1910 | 30,325
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| 1920 | 29,721
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| 1930 | 30,242
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| 1940 | 29,588
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| 1950 | 28,052
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| 1960 | 26,818
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| 1970 | 25,719
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| 1980 | 24,456
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| 1990 | 22,794
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Research Tips
External links
www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/gage/index.html
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