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Thayer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,034. [1] Its county seat is Hebron. The county was created in 1856 and originally named Jefferson County. It was organized in 1870-1871 and renamed for General and Governor John Milton Thayer. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Thayer was platted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point. [4] It was named for John Milton Thayer, a general in the Union Army during the Civil War and a Reconstruction era United States Senator from Nebraska. [5]
John Milton Thayer (January 24, 1820 – March 19, 1906) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska. Thayer served as Governor of Wyoming Territory and Governor of Nebraska. Thayer was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts. He attended and taught in rural schools.
1895 house expanded into a hotel in 1914—when Long Pine boomed as a major railroad terminus—exhibiting an old-fashioned "longitudinal block" layout more typical of Nebraska's earliest hotels. [26] Now a local history museum. [27]
A History of Davenport, Nebraska, Thayer County, 1872-1966 by Clare B. Row This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 13:24 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Hebron is a city in and the county seat of Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. [5] The population was 1,441 at the 2020 census. [3] ... Historical population; Census
Carleton is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 94 at the 2020 census. [3] History. ... Historical population; Census Pop.
Hubbell is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 63 at the 2020 census. [3] History. ... Historical population; Census Pop.