Category: Dawson County, Nebraska

Categories: Nebraska

Name: Dawson County, Nebraska
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Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Its county seat is Lexington.Dawson County was established by the territorial legislature in 1860; it officially became a county in 1871 by proclamation of acting Governor William James. The county website states that the county was named for Jacob Dawson, the first postmaster in the settlement of Lancaster County, Nebraska. Other sources state that it was named after Pennsylvania Congressman John Littleton Dawson.

Dawson County is one of 67 Nebraska counties that use a precinct division within the county and does not use township government. The remaining 26 counties in Nebraska subdivide the county into Townships and uses township government. [1]

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Subcategories (11)

Dawson County, Nebraska, Cemeteries (17, 0, 4)
Dawson County, Nebraska, Census Records (1, 0, 0)
Cozad, Nebraska (7, 19, 3)
Dawson County, Nebraska, Homesteaders
Eddyville, Nebraska
Farnam, Nebraska (1, 17, 0)
Gothenburg, Nebraska (2, 15, 1)
Lexington, Nebraska (4, 30, 0)
Overton, Nebraska (1, 9, 0)
Sumner, Nebraska (2, 0, 0)
Willow Island, Nebraska (1, 1, 0)

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Person Profiles (68)

A

abt 1865 Kentucky, United States
abt 1870 Kentucky, United States - 28 May 1932
abt 1875 Kentucky, United States - Feb 1967
Sep 1866 Kentucky, United States
abt 1868 Kentucky, United States
14 May 1878 Kent, Ontario, Canada - 01 Jan 1957
abt 1863 Kentucky, United States

B

10 Oct 1917 Darr, Dawson, Nebraska, United States - 21 May 1992

C

1856 Virginia, United States
abt 1870 West Virginia, United States
abt 1859 Canada West - 25 Sep 1896

D

abt 1851 Michigan, United States
27 Sep 1854 Watertown, Jefferson, (Carthage) New York, USA - 08 Aug 1929

E

06 Apr 1834 Wirt, Allegheny, New York, United States - 08 Apr 1887
01 Sep 1868 North Buxton, Kent, Ontario, Canada - 10 Sep 1920
21 Sep 1852 Gravelly Bay, Long Point, Canada West - 22 May 1926
abt 1870 Kent, Ontario, Canada

G

abt 1860 Raleigh, Kent, Canada West
Jul 1849 Kent, Canada West - abt 1910
25 Jul 1855 Raleigh, Kent, Canada West
28 May 1877 Raleigh Township, Kent, Ontario, Canada - 14 Sep 1930
20 Feb 1879 Kent, Ontario, Canada - 09 Jun 1910
30 Dec 1878 Arden, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
abt 1875 West Virginia, United States

G cont.

abt 1856 Virginia, United States
abt 1879 West Virginia, United States

H

abt 07 Nov 1911 Dawson Co, Nebraska, United States - abt 31 Jan 1989
24 May 1812 New Jersey, United States - 30 Nov 1893

J

abt Sep 1840 Kentucky, United States - Jul 1915
03 Feb 1801 Pennsylvania, United States - 29 Oct 1884

K

Dec 1858 Raleigh, Kent, Canada West
abt 1854 Indiana, United States - 14 Apr 1893
abt 1814 Maryland, United States

M

12 Sep 1920 Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska, United States - 24 Oct 2009
abt 1890 Nebraska, United States - abt 1890
06 Jan 1850 Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Sep 1920
08 Aug 1870 Raleigh Twp, Ontario, Canada - 17 Jun 1944

R

abt 1811 Virginia, United States
abt 1856 North Buxton, Kent, Canada West
02 Aug 1869 Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada
abt 1813 North Carolina, United States - abt 30 Oct 1882
abt 1854 Raleigh, Kent, Canada West - abt 16 Jan 1892
abt 1878 Canada
07 Sep 1871 Canada
abt 1852 Indiana, United States

S

1877 Iowa, USA - 1959
abt 1880 Nebraska, United States

S cont.

12 Apr 1879 Kent, Ontario, Canada
abt 1854 Kent, Canada West
24 Jun 1919 Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA - 02 Aug 2006
17 Feb 1898 Nebraska, USA - 06 Oct 1977
17 May 1867 West Virginia, USA - 29 Sep 1952
abt 1863 Kent, Canada West
15 Nov 1859 Kent, Canada West - 27 Feb 1923
1869 - 30 Sep 1941
18 Jan 1901 Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States - 16 Sep 1975
08 Jun 1899 Nebraska, USA - 22 Aug 1989
23 Sep 1897 Nebraska, USA - 22 May 1980
abt Oct 1909 Dawson County, Nebraska, USA - bef 2009

T

abt 1843 Ohio, United States

U

abt 1855 Virginia, United States
abt 1812 Ohio, United States

W

Jun 1872 Kent, Ontario, Canada - Jun 1956
24 Jun 1874 Kent, Ontario, Canada - 31 Dec 1958
17 Nov 1878 Raleigh Township, Kent, Ontario - 27 Jan 1945
16 Apr 1836 Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, United States - 18 May 1931
1827 Virginia, United States
abt 1817 Pennsylvania, United States - abt 1890




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