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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
Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 5,217. Its county seat is Tecumseh. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1857. It was named for Richard Mentor Johnson, who was Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Johnson County is represented by the prefix 57 (it had the fifty-seventh-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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| 1858 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | 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 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1862 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Probate 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 | 528
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| 1870 | 3,429
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| 1880 | 7,595
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| 1890 | 10,333
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| 1900 | 11,197
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| 1910 | 10,187
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| 1920 | 8,940
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| 1930 | 9,157
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| 1940 | 8,662
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| 1950 | 7,251
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| 1960 | 6,281
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| 1970 | 5,743
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| 1980 | 5,285
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| 1990 | 4,673
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nejohnso/
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