Place:Kearney, Nebraska, United States

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NameKearney
Alt namesKearneysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.5°N 98.95°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1860 - )
See alsoFranklin, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Furnas, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Gosper, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Harlan, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Phelps, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Axtell
Heartwell
Keene
Lowell
Minden
Newark
Norman
Wilcox
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kearney County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,489. Its county seat is Minden. The county was formed in 1860. It was named for Fort Kearny, which in turn was named for Brigade General Stephen W. Kearny.

Kearney County is part of the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Kearney County is represented by the prefix 52 (it had the 52nd-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Date Event Source
1860 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1872 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1872 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 474
1870 58
1880 4,072
1890 9,061
1900 9,866
1910 9,106
1920 8,583
1930 8,094
1940 6,854
1950 6,409
1960 6,580
1970 6,707
1980 7,053
1990 6,629
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~nekearne/

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