Fillmore County, Nebraska: Difference between revisions

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| name = Fillmore County

| official_name = County of Fillmore

| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]

| image_skyline = Fillmore County Courthouse(2020).jpg

| image_caption = [[Fillmore County Courthouse]] in Geneva

| image_map = {{Maplink|zoom=8|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}

| map_caption = Interactive map of Fillmore County

| image_map1 = Map of Nebraska highlighting Fillmore County.svg

| map_caption1 = Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{nowrap|{{US}}}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Nebraska}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = January 26, 1856

| established_title1 = Organized

| established_date1 = May 27, 1871

| named_for = [[Millard Fillmore]]

| seat_type = [[County seat]]

| seat = [[Geneva, Nebraska|Geneva]]

| parts_type = Largest city

| parts = Geneva

| unit_pref = US

| area_total_sq_mi = 577

| area_land_sq_mi = 575

| area_water_sq_mi = 1.2

| area_water_percent = 0.2

| elevation_max_ft = 1555

| elevation_min_ft = 1171

| population_density_sq_mi = 9.7

| population_est population_as_of = 55822020

| pop_est_as_of population = 20175551

| area_code = [[Area codes 402 and 531|402/531]]

| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]

| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code

| blank_info_sec1 = 31059

| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID

| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|835851}}

| website = [http://www.fillmorecounty.org/ www.fillmorecounty.org]

| timezone = [[Central Time Zone|Central]]

| utc_offset = −6

| timezone_DST = [[Central Time Zone|CDT]]

| utc_offset_DST = −5

The county was formally organized in 1871;<ref>{{cite book|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc|title=Nebraska Place-Names|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Lilian Linder|publisher=University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism|location=Lincoln|date=1925|page=59|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> up to this time, it had been administered from, and taxed by, [[Saline County, Nebraska|Saline County]], its neighbor to the east. In April, an election was held to choose officers to organize the county; at this time, it was decided to place the county seat in the county's center. The town site was surveyed and platted, and given the name "Henry". It could not be occupied, since it was on school land owned by the Statestate; an act of the Legislaturelegislature was necessary before the land could be sold.<ref name=andreas-1/><ref name=gaffney-4-5/><ref name=andreas-3/>

The Legislaturelegislature passed a bill in the summer of 1872 to allow sale of the school lands. At about that time, the new county seat's name was changed from "Henry" to "Geneva", at the suggestion of the daughter of a local settler, who wanted it named after her family's old home of [[Geneva, Illinois]].<ref name=andreas-1/><ref name=gaffney-5/><ref name=geneva-name/>

|footnote=US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref><br>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=December 7, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ne190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref><br>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31059.html|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145902/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31059.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>

As of the [[2000 United States Census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=UStates Census Bureau|access-date=31 January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 6,634 people, 2,689 households, and 1,801 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|12 people per square mile (4|/km<sup>2<mi2|/sup>)km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 2,990 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5 per square|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;mile (2/km²)}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.75% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.21% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.44% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.83% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.69% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 48.6% were of [[Germans|German]], 10.4% [[Czechs|Czech]], 7.1% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 7.0% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

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Fillmore County voters have been reliably Republican since the beginning, selecting the Republican Party candidate in 80% of national elections (as of 20162024).

<ref name=alphabetical>Cordes, Henry J. [http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=28227 "A railroad history lesson: Union Pacific and Burlington Northern".] [http://www.ble-t.org/default.asp Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen]; originally appeared in ''Omaha World-Herald'', November 8 November, 2009. Retrieved May 8 May, 2013. The three towns listed formed part of a sequence: Crete, Dorchester, Exeter, Fairmont, Grafton, Harvard, Inland, Juniata, Kenesaw.</ref>

<ref name=andreas-1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030121114512/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/fillmore/fillmore-p1.html Fillmore County, Part 1.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20021029043208/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/hon_tabl.html Andreas's History of the State of Nebraska.] Retrieved 2 May 2, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=andreas-3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030121110927/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/fillmore/fillmore-p3.html Fillmore County, Part 3.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20021029043208/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/hon_tabl.html Andreas's History of the State of Nebraska.] Retrieved 2 May 2, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=archives>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515203650/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/public/county_finding_aids/fillmore.pdf "Archives Record: Fillmore County, Nebraska".]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society]}}. Retrieved 1 May 1, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=bn-1886>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000830123906/http://memory.loc.gov//cgi-bin/map_item.pl "Map of Nebraska, published by the Burlington Route, 1886".] [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory.] Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=bnsf>[http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ne.pdf Map: Nebraska Operating Division.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309070050/http://bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ne.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027173711/http://bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ne.pdf |archive-date=9October 27, 2010 |url-status=live|date=March 9, 2013}} [http://bnsf.com/ BNSF Railway.] Retrieved 29 April 29, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=casde-grafton>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/grafton/ "Grafton - Fillmore County".] [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=2011-11-November 23, 2011 }} Retrieved 1 May 1, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=casde-milligan>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/milligan/ "Milligan - Fillmore County".] [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=2011-11-November 23, 2011 }} Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=casde-ohiowa>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/ohiowa/ "Ohiowa - Fillmore County".] [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=2011-11-November 23, 2011 }} Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=casde-shickley>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/shickley/ "Shickley - Fillmore County".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829232902/http://casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/shickley/ |date=August 29, 2014 }} [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=2011-11-November 23, 2011 }} Retrieved 1 May 1, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=casde-strang>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/strang/ "Strang - Fillmore County".] [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=2011-11-November 23, 2011 }} Retrieved 1 May 1, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=dor-map>[http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/docs/county%20maps/pdfs/cntyfill.pdf "General Highway Map: Fillmore County, Nebraska."] [http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/ Nebraska Department of Roads.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905154806/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/ |date=September 5, 2011-09-05 }} Retrieved 28 April 28, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=fillmore-34>[http://www.neded.org/files/research/stathand/asect4.htm "Counties and county seats by license plate prefix numbers".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020053612/http://www.neded.org/files/research/stathand/asect4.htm |date=October 20, 2015 }} [http://www.neded.org/ Nebraska Department of Economic Development.] Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=geneva-name>Sources differ on the source of Geneva's name. Lilian Linder Fitzpatrick, [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc "Nebraska Place-Names"], 1925, p. 59, states that it was named after [[Geneva, New York]]. Gaffney (1968), p. 5., and Perkey (2003), p. 68, state that Geneva, Illinois was the namesake. Perkey's introduction (p. v) states that he was motivated by Fitzpatrick's work; this suggests that he was aware of the New York hypothesis, and had some reason for choosing Illinois instead.</ref>

<ref name=license-history>[http://www.dmv.ne.gov/dvr/plates/plthistory.html "History Of Nebraska Passenger Vehicle License Plates".] [http://www.dmv.ne.gov/index_html Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles.] Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=loess>Keech and Dreeszen (1968), pp. L1, L4-L5, L7; for age of loess deposits, see Muhs, Daniel R.; Bettis III, E. Arthur; Aleinikoff, John N.; McGeehin, John P.; Beann, Jossh; Skipp, Gary; Marshall, Brian D.; Roberts, Helen M.; Johnson, William C.; and Benton, Rachel (2008), [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/162 "Origin and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary loess in Nebraska: Evidence from stratigraphy, chronology, sedimentology, and geochemistry"], ''USGS Staff—Published Research, Paper 162'', retrieved 28 April 28, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=marker-1971>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040702173408/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/fillmore_county.htm "1871 Fillmore County 1971".]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society]}}. Retrieved May 1 May, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=nomform-milligan>Murphy, D. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100620184135/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/fillmore/FM08-029_Milligan_Aud.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cesko-narodni sin/Milligan Auditorium".]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307215553/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.shtml Nebraska State Historical Society.]}} Retrieved May 17 May, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=nomform-stockholm>Hendrickson, Joan E., Norman E. Landgre, and Joni Gilkerson. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100620184809/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/fillmore/FM00-020_Stockholm_Swede_Ch.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Stockholm Swedish Lutheran Church & Cemetery".]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307215553/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.shtml Nebraska State Historical Society.]}} Retrieved May 17 May, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=rr-2009>[http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/maps/docs/railroad.pdf "Nebraska Railroads".]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/ Nebraska Department of Roads.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905154806/http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov/ |date=September 5, 2011-09-05 }} January 2009-01-31, 2009. Retrieved 8 May 8, 2013.</ref>

<ref name=watershed>[http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/county.cfm?fips_code=31059 "Fillmore County, Nebraska".] [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm Surf Your Watershed.] [http://www.epa.gov/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020063150/http://www.epa.gov/ |date=October 20, 2013 }} Retrieved April 28 April, 2013.</ref>

* Gaffney, Wilbur G., ed. (1968). ''The Fillmore County Story''. Copyrighted by Geneva Community Grange No. 403.

* Keech, C. F. and V. H. Dreeszen (1968). [http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1839l/report.pdf "Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Fillmore County, Nebraska".] [http://www.usgs.gov/ United States Geological Survey.] Retrieved 28 April 28, 2013.

* Perkey, Elton A. (2003). ''Perkey's Nebraska Place Names''. Nebraska State Historical Society; revised edition.

* [http://www.fillmorecounty.org/ Fillmore County Official Web Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020126030244/http://www.fillmorecounty.org/ |date=January 26, 2002 }}