THAYER COUNTY HISTORY
FARM RESIDENCE OF D.L. MARKS.
ON FIRST HOMESTEAD TAKEN IN THE COUNTY, 1863
From the "Album of Thayer County" (ca. 1900)
Published by F.S. Mickey, Hebron, NE
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- History of Thayer County
- Townships
- Historical Tidbits
- Thayer County Map
- Shows location of towns and Post Offices, along with range & township.
- Towns & Post Offices
- 1885 - 1900 - 1947
- June 5, 1887 Lincoln State Journal "Immigrant Issue"
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- This special edition of the Lincoln State Journal was intended to PROMOTENebraska as a state, and provide the towns with an opportunity to advertisetheir status and attract new residents. The following Thayer county townswere represented in this issue:
- Carleton
- Hebron
- For the contents to the entire Nebraska Immigrant Issue Newspaper goto: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/immigr/87journl.html
- Andreas' "History of the State of Nebraska, 1882"
- ThayerCounty Chapter
- ThayerCounty Names Index
- History of Alexandria Schools
- Submitted by Virginia Priefert
The Territorial Legislature of 1856 created Thayer County, designatingit as Jefferson, at the same time Jefferson County was designated as JonesCounty. In 1867, Jones and Jefferson were united under the name of thelatter. The Legislature of 1879-71 provided for the division of the county.Jones County succeeded in retaining the name of Jefferson so as to holdthe old county records. What was at first Jefferson became Thayer.
Source: Andreas History of Nebraska (1882)
- Alexandria
- Belvidere
- Carleton
- Chester
- Davenport
- Friedensau
- Harbine (later changed to Byron)
- Hebron
- Hubbell
- Kiowa P.O.
- Prairie Star P.O.
- Stoddard
- Alexandria
- Belvidere
- Bruning
- Byron (Formerly Harbine)
- Carleton
- Chester
- Davenport
- Deshler
- Friedensau P.O.
- Gilead
- Hebron
- Hubbell
- Kiowa P.O.
- Stoddard
- Williams Siding (R.R. Siding)
- Alexandria
- Belvidere
- Bruning
- Byron (Formerly Harbine)
- Carleton
- Chester
- Davenport
- Deshler
- Gilead
- Hebron
- Hubbell
- Stoddard
- Williams
- Thayer County does not have set townships, only voting precincts. The boundariesof these voting precincts are subject to change from year to year. If thepopulation in a district dips below 100 voters, districts may be merged.Following are some of the names used for these voting precints over theyears:
- Alexandria
- Belvidere
- Byron
- Carleton
- Chester
- Davenport
- Friedensau
- Gilead
- Harbine
- Hebron
- Highland
- Hubbell
- Kiowa
- Rose Creek
- Spring Creek
- Stoddard