Source:Nebraska, United States. Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885
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Source Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885
[database on-line]
Coverage
Place Nebraska, United States
Year range 1860 - 1885
Subject Census records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Date issued 2009
Place issued Provo, UT, USA
Citation
Nebraska, United States. Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).
Repositories
Ancestry.comhttp://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1..Paid website
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About Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885

A few Nebraska counties were recorded in censuses in the late 1800s. In 1885 a statewide census was taken, encouraged by the federal government. This database contains information from some of these censuses. Below is a list of the years and counties covered in this data collection.

As you can see, most of the earlier censuses only cover Cass and Lancaster counties. Lancaster County was created in 1859 and is the county in which Lincoln, the capital of the state, is situated. Cass County was formed in 1854 and sits between Lancaster County and the Missouri River.

1860: Lancaster
1865: Lancaster
1870: Cass, Lancaster
1874: Lancaster
1875: Lancaster
1876: Cass
1877: Cass, Lancaster
1878: Cass, Lancaster, Saunders
1879: Cass, Lancaster
1880: Cass, Lancaster
1881: Cass
1882: Cass
1883: Cass
1884: Cass
1885: All counties that existed at the time, except for Blaine County
Blaine County was created in 1885 and may have been formed after the census was taken.
(Information from Ancestry.com)

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