Perkins Co. NE History and Geography

Perkins Co. Created from Keith Co.

In the chapter, "A County of Our Own:" Plainscape: A Portrait of Perkins County [1988 Perkins Co. Centennial Committee] says, "... The final (vote) total was 889 for division and 702 against. The November 10, 1887 issue of The Enterprise welcomed its readers to Perkins County. ...." (p 85). (submitted by Pat Ash)

Landscapes: The History of Perkins County (useful book)

Towns in Perkins Co.

(with 1990 population) [links lead to town history]

Historical Places in Perkins County (new window)
Brandon unincorporated

Greenfield Church (rural southern part of Lisbon Pct.)

Elsie pop. 153 (zipcode NE 69134)

Cemetery

Grainton pop. 16 (zipcode NE ?????)

Grant pop. 1,239 (zipcode NE 69140)

Local aviation history

Cemetery

Grant First Congregational Church 1887-1970.
Ref: Nebraska Historical Society item MS0190

Methodist Church

Hospital

Grant Library (see address below)

Madrid pop. 288 (zipcode NE 69150)

Cemetery

Methodist Church

Congressional Church

Venango pop. 192 (zipcode NE 69168)

Venango Cemetery 2 miles southeast

Church

All towns extant in 1890 (brief statement for each)

Town histories are welcome, if anyone has any--hint, hint.

History of Nebraska

Kansas-Nebraska Act offsite

Avalon Project: Kansas - Nebraska Act 1854
- the act to organize the territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

History Place - Kansas-Nebraska Act
- allowed the residents in these territories to decide for themselves on the issue of slavery.

Infospace - Kansas-Nebraska Act
- concerning the 1854 law.

Abraham Lincoln's Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- delivered March 21, 1864.

Nebraska Territory

Officially the Territory was created on May 30, 1854, and the State on March 1, 1867. Before 1887, Perkins Co. searchers must use history of the territory (before 1867) or state (after 1867) and think in terms of earlier county names such as Keith, Lincoln, Shorter, etc., for the region now known as Perkins Co. This book was written by Wm Cutler and published by Omaha: J. M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers. 1882. There is also a search form for this online book.

History of Nebraska (HON) table of contents offsite aka Andreas history book

HON Lincoln Co. chapter offsite

HON Keith Co. chapter offsite

HON Hayes Co. chapter offsite

HON Chase Co. chapter offsite

HON Table of All Counties offsite

NEGenWeb OnLine Library offsite (Johnson, Morton, etc.)

Maps

Perkins County, Nebraska

Precincts usually imply voting purposes while townships imply land, deeds, etc.

Perkins Co. map by MapBlast! centered on Grant, NE, zoomable offsite

USGS Topological Maps for all of USA enter town in any state offsite

Nebraska: USGenWeb Map Project offsite

1895 Atlas map of Perkins Co. NE offsite

Addresses

Perkins County Genealogical Society
[The Society disbanded and its records were transferred to the Historical Society below]

NEGenWeb list of Societies offsite

Perkins County Historical Society
Arlene Kurkowski, Treasurer
PO Box 192
Grant NE 69140-0192
Phone: (308) 352-4603

Nebraska Historical Society offsite

Historical society addresses in Nebraska offsite

Grant Library
246 Central Av.
Grant, NE 69140
Phone: 308-352-4894
Library of Congress call number 978.288 for Perkins Co. NE

Links to libraries in Nebr. offsite

Perkins County Courthouse
PO Box 156
Grant NE 69140
Phone: 308-352-4643
Fax: 308-352-2445

All courthouse addresses in Nebraska offsite

Nebraska Historical Places offsite

Perkins Co. modern information offsite

References: Microfilm available through LDS Family History Centers

"Best in the West or Anywhere Else" J. Morgan Stevens, 1895-1987. Contains some family histories. 107 p.: film 1 698 024 item 10

Index to 1900 & 1910 US Federal Census and 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, 96 p.: fiche 6 049 991

Perkins County Probate Records 1936-1946: film 1 598 326 item 17

Perkins County Genealogy Research Guide, 55 p. Phyllis Pankonin Hughes: film 1 320 880 item 4

Memories of Perkins County, J. Morgan Stevens, 121 p.: film 0 962 243 item 5

Perkins County Diamond Jubilee 1887-1962, souvenir album, 34 p.: film 0 928 381 item 4

LDS FamilySearch.com

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