Place:McPherson, Nebraska, United States

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NameMcPherson
Alt namesMcPhersonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.567°N 101.067°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1887 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Flats
Ringgold
Tryon
Unknown
Pleasant View
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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McPherson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 399, making it the least populous county in the state of Nebraska and the fifth-least populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Tryon. The county was formed in 1890 from Logan County; it was named for Civil War General James B. McPherson.

In 1913 a portion of McPherson County was partitioned off to create Arthur County, giving McPherson County its present boundaries.

McPherson County is part of the North Platte, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, McPherson County is represented by the prefix 90 (it ranked 90th of 93 counties in the number of vehicles registered when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Date Event Source
1887 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1890 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 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
1890 401
1900 517
1910 2,470
1920 1,692
1930 1,358
1940 1,175
1950 825
1960 735
1970 623
1980 593
1990 546
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www.rootsweb.com/~nemcpher/

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