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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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York County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,665. Its county seat is York.
In the Nebraska license plate system, York County is represented by the prefix 17 (it had the seventeenth-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 boundaries defined | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1855 | County boundaries defined by the first territorial legislature; extended north to the Platte River, including what is known as Polk County today; [1] | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1856 | County boundaries redefined; Polk County separated from York County | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1861 | First road ranche established, north of present day Henderson, along trail known as the Nebraska City-Ft. Kearny cut-off | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1865 | First homesteaders settle in York County | Source: York County Historical, York, NE
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1870 | March 18, 1870 Governor David Butler proclaimed York an organized county; prior to this Seward County was responsible for York County's judicial and revenue needs | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1870 | April 26, 1870 county officers elected and the city of York officially declared the county seat | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1870 | Court records, marriage, probate and land records now maintained by York County | Source:York County Historical, York, NE
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1870 | First census [2] | 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
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1870 | 604
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1880 | 11,170
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1890 | 17,279
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1900 | 18,205
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1910 | 18,721
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1920 | 17,146
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1930 | 17,239
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1940 | 14,874
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1950 | 14,346
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1960 | 13,724
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1970 | 13,685
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1980 | 14,798
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1990 | 14,428
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~neyork/
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