Adams County, Nebraska Directory, 1890

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Adams County, Nebraska lies about 120 miles west of the Missouri River and 24 miles from the south line of the state. The county is among the best for farming in the state and contains an area of 576 square miles, or an acreage of 368,640 acres. This database is a transcription of a rural directory for the county that was originally published in 1890. It lists the farmers who were residents of Adams County at that time and the post office where they received their mail. Some post offices included on this list were not in Adams County, but the farms were. The directory includes the following out-of-county post offices: Bladen, Blue Hill, and Negunda in Webster County; Campbell in Franklin County; Central City in Merrick County; and Stromsberg in Polk County. This directory served as a shipping information reference for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1890 and 1891.

Sources Wever, Norma, comp. Adams County, Nebraska Directory, 1890. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Nebraska State Gazetteer & Business Directory, Farmer's List - Adams County Nebraska 1890 Omaha, NE: J.M. Wolfe & Co., 1890.

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