Welcome to The History and Genealogy

of

Lincoln County, Nebraska

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Lincoln County is located in the western central part of the state, nearly 250 miles west from the Missouri River in a direct line, with its southern boundry forty-eight miles north from the Kansas line.

     

 

 

 

Adjacent Counties

McPherson  - Northwest

Logan - Northeast

Custer - Northeast

Dawson - Southeast

Frontier - Southeast

Hayes - Southwest

Perkins - Southwest

Keith - Northwest

 

 

Cities and Villages

Brady

Hershey

Maxwell

North Platte

Sutherland

Wallace

Wellfleet

 

 

 

Online Data 

Early Settlement

 

 County Orginization

 

 Fort McPherson

 

Joseph McGraw Family

 

Obituaries   

 

Old Photographs

 

News and Tidbits  

 

1860 Mortality Schedule

 

News Articles

 

Lincoln County Cemeteries  

 

Murder Mystery in Lincoln  

 

 

 All material posted to this site, unless otherwise credited, has been transcribed and contributed by:  Frances Cooley

 

 

 All data donations are appreciated! 

 

 If you have any family data such as obits, births, marriages, etc. pertaining to Lincoln County and would like to have it posted to this site, please contact us 

 

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 This county website is available for adoption. If you can make a basic webpage and have a desire to transcribe data for this county, we're looking for hosts.

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 Last Updated August 29, 2008

 

 

 

 

  

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