Place:Seward, Nebraska, United States

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NameSeward
Alt namesGreenesource: Resource:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990, 1860 census
Sewardsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.867°N 97.15°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1856 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
East Fairview Mennonite Cemetery
Inhabited place
Beaver Crossing
Bee
Cordova
Garland
Goehner
Grover
Milford
Pleasant Dale
Riverside Park
Seward
Staplehurst
Tamora
Utica
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,750. Its county seat is Seward. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1867. It was originally called Greene County, and in 1862 it was renamed for William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Date Event Source
1856 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1869 Marriage 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
1860 16
1870 2,953
1880 11,147
1890 16,140
1900 15,690
1910 15,895
1920 15,867
1930 15,938
1940 14,167
1950 13,155
1960 13,581
1970 14,460
1980 15,789
1990 15,450
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External links

http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/NE/Seward

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