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Nebraska County Creation Dates and Parent Counties

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Tip: Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights.
Name of County Date Formed Boundary
Changes 		Parent County Counties Created by Boundary Changes
Adams 1867 Feb 16 Details Clay none
Antelope 1871 Mar 01 Details Pierce none
Arthur 1887 Mar 31 Details Nebraska Territory none
Banner none 8 18 Details Cheyenne none
Blaine none Mar 05 Details Custer Thomas 1887
Blackbird none Jun 22 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Thurston 1889
Boone none Mar 01 Details Platte Greeley 1871, Wheeler 1877
Box Butte Thomas 1887 Mar 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Boyd renamed Thurston 1889 Mar 20 Details Holt none
Brown Greeley 1871, Wheeler 1877 Feb 19 Details Nebraska Territory Keya Paha 1884, Rock 1857
Buffalo none Mar 14 Details Nebraska Territory Dawson 1860, Sherman 1871
Burt none Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory Cuming 1855, Thurston 1889
Butler Keya Paha 1884, Rock 1857 Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory none
Calhoun Dawson 1860, Sherman 1871 Mar 14 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Saunders 1862
Cass Cuming 1855, Thurston 1889 Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Cedar none Feb 12 Details Nebraska Territory none
Chase renamed Saunders 1862 Feb 27 Details Nebraska Territory none
Cherry none Feb 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Cheyenne none Jun 22 Details Nebraska Territory Banner 1888, Deuel 1888, Kimball 1888, Morrill 1908, Scotts Bluff 1881
Clay none Mar 07 Details Nebraska Territory Adams 1867, Nuckolls 1860
Colfax none Feb 15 Details Dodge none
Cuming Banner 1888, Deuel 1888, Kimball 1888, Morrill 1908, Scotts Bluff 1881 Mar 16 Details Burt none
Custer Adams 1867, Nuckolls 1860 Feb 17 Details Nebraska Territory Blaine 1885, Logan 1885
Dakota none Mar 07 Details Nebraska Territory none
Dawes none Feb 19 Details Sioux none
Dawson Blaine 1885, Logan 1885 Jan 11 Details Buffalo none
Deuel none Nov 06 Details Cheyenne Garden 1909
Dixon none Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory none
Dodge none Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory Colfax 1869
Douglas Garden 1909 Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory Saunders 1865
Dundy none Feb 27 Details Nebraska Territory none
Emmet Colfax 1869 Feb 18 Details renamed from L’Eau Qui Court renamed Knox 1873
Fillmore Saunders 1865 Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory none
Forney none Mar 23 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Nemaha 1856
Franklin renamed Knox 1873 Feb 16 Details Kearney none
Frontier none Jan 17 Details Nebraska Territory Red Willow 1873
Furnas renamed Nemaha 1856 Feb 27 Details Nebraska Territory none
Gage none Mar 16 Details Nebraska Territory Jefferson 1856, Saline 1855
Garden Red Willow 1873 Nov 02 Details Deuel none
Garfield none Nov 08 Details Wheeler none
Gosper Jefferson 1856, Saline 1855 Nov 26 Details Nebraska Territory none
Grant none Mar 31 Details Nebraska Territory none
Greeley none Mar 01 Details Boone none
Greene none Jan 11 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Seward 1862
Hall none Nov 04 Details Nebraska Territory Howard 1871
Hamilton none Feb 16 Details York none
Harlan renamed Seward 1862 Mar 01 Details Nebraska Territory none
Hayes Howard 1871 Feb 19 Details Nebraska Territory none
Hitchcock none Feb 27 Details Nebraska Territory none
Holt none Jan 09 Details renamed from West Boyd 1891
Izard none Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Stanton 1855
Johnson none Mar 02 Details Nebraska Territory none
Jefferson Boyd 1891 Mar 06 Details Nebraska Territory Thayer 1856
Kearney renamed Stanton 1855 Jan 10 Details Nebraska Territory Franklin 1867
Keith none Feb 27 Details Lincoln McPherson 1887, Perkins 1887
Keya Paha Thayer 1856 Nov 04 Details Brown, Rock none
Kimball Franklin 1867 Nov 06 Details Cheyenne none
Knox McPherson 1887, Perkins 1887 Feb 21 Details renamed from Emmet none
Lancaster none Mar 06 Details Nebraska Territory Saline 1855, Seward 1885
L’Eau Qui Court none Feb 10 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Emmett 1867
Lincoln none Dec 11 Details renamed from Shorter Keith 1873, McPherson 1887
Logan Saline 1855, Seward 1885 Feb 24 Details Custer none
Loup renamed Emmett 1867 Mar 06 Details Nebraska Territory none
Madison Keith 1873, McPherson 1887 Jan 26 Details Platte Pierce 1856
McPherson none Mar 31 Details Lincoln, Keith none
Merrick none Nov 04 Details Nebraska Territory Nance 1879
Morrill Pierce 1856 Nov 03 Details Cheyenne none
Nance none Feb 13 Details Merrick none
Nemaha Nance 1879 Jan 26 Details renamed from Forney none
Nuckolls none Jan 13 Details Clay none
Otoe none Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Pawnee none Mar 06 Details Nebraska Territory none
Perkins none Nov 08 Details Keith none
Phelps none Feb 11 Details Nebraska Territory none
Pierce none Jan 26 Details Madison Antelope 1871
Platte none Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory Boone 1871, Madison 1856
Polk none Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory none
Red Willow Antelope 1871 Feb 27 Details Frontier none
Richardson Boone 1871, Madison 1856 Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Rock none rap no Details Brown Keya Paha 1884
Saline none Mar 06 Details Gage, Lancaster none
Sarpy none Feb 07 Details Nebraska Territory Saundrs 1865
Saunders Keya Paha 1884 Jan 26 Details Sarpy, Douglas none
Scotts Bluff none Nov 06 BLUFF Details Cheyenne none
Seward Saundrs 1865 Jan 03 Details renamed Greene none
Sheridan none Jul 01 Details Sioux none
Sherman none Mar 01 Details Buffalo none
Shorter none Jan 26 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Lincoln 1861
Sioux none Feb 19 Details Nebraska Territory Dawes 1885, Sheridan 1885
Stanton none Mar 06 Details renamed from Izard none
Thayer renamed Lincoln 1861 Jan 26 Details Jefferson none
Thomas Dawes 1885, Sheridan 1885 Mar 31 Details Blaine none
Thurston none Mar 28 Details Burt Wayne 1871
Valley none Mar 01 Details Nebraska Territory none
Washington none Nov 23 Details Nebraska Territory none
Wayne Wayne 1871 Mar 04 Details Thurston none
Webster none Feb 16 Details Nebraska Territory none
West none Jan 13 Details Nebraska Territory renamed Holt 1862
Wheeler none Feb 17 Details Boone Garfield 1884
York none Mar 13 Details Nebraska Territory Hamilton 1867

References

  1. ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Nebraska/viewer.htm Nebraska Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.
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