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COLFAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA

ORGANIZATION, RECORD OF COUNTY OFFICIALS AND OTHER STATISTICAL MATTER PERTAINING TO COLFAX COUNTY.

From the 1885 State Atlas
Colfax County was organized February 1869. Population from Secretary of State's Report: 1869, 250; 1870, 1,424; 1875, 3,651; 1880, 6,604; 1884, estimated population for Presidential vote, 7,985. 

TERMS OF OFFICE.      TREASURER.          COUNTY CLERK.        CLERK DISTRICT COURT.      SHERIFF.            COUNTY JUDGE.


Feb. 1869-Oct. 1869   Daniel Hashberger   C. M. Greenman       County Clerk ex-officio    A. H. Van Hoosen    Obadiah Hall
Oct. 1869 to 1871     R. W. Corson        J. W. F. Williams    County Clerk ex-officio    Adolph Ernst        Isaac Albertson
     1871             Isaac Albertson     J. W. F. Williams    County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       J. W. Brown
     1872             Isaac Albertson     J. W. F. Williams    County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       H. Holcomb
 1873 to 1875         J. W. Brown         J. T. Clarkson       County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       C. N. Coates
     1875             John Miller         J. C. McBride        County Clerk ex-officio    James Hughes        C. N. Coates
     1876             John Miller         J. Dworak            County Clerk ex-officio    James Hughes        C. N. Coates
     1877             John Miller         J. Dworak            County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       C. N. Coates
     1878             John Miller         J. Dworak            County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       H. C. Russell
     1879             John Miller         J. Dworak            County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       H. C. Russell
     1880             Wm. Brown           John Lapashe         County Clerk ex-officio    Geo. H. Wells       H. C. Russell
     1881             Wm. Brown           John Lapashe         County Clerk ex-officio    J. P. Smith         H. C. Russell
     1882             Wm. Brown           John Lapashe         County Clerk ex-officio    J. P. Smith         M. Zentmeyer
     1883             Wm. Brown           John Lapashe         County Clerk ex-officio    J. P. Smith         M. Zentmeyer
     1884             John Lapashe        T. W. Whitman        County Clerk ex-officio    J. McCurdy          M. Zentmeyer



TERMS OF OFFICE.      COMMISSIONER.                                SUPT. PUB. INST.       COUNTY SURVEYOR.    CORONER.


Feb. 1869-Oct. 1869   Wm. Davis, Q. B. Skinner, R. C. Kinney       M. B. Wood             C. M. Greenman
Oct. 1869 to 1871     F. Stevens, David Anderson*, J. P. Maple     John Van Hoosen        L. C. Smith
     1871             J. A. Fraser, R. C. Kinney, J. P. Maple      Alex. Sutherland       John Finney         W. G. Sutherland.
     1872             B. F. King, W. M. Walker**, J. P. Maple      Alex. Sutherland       John Finney         W. G. Sutherland.
 1873 to 1875         W. M. Walker, J. Miller, J. P. Maple         I. A. Grimson          E. E. Greenman      W. G. Sutherland.
     1875             John Miller, H. M. Ward, O. L. Robinson      I. A. Grimson          E. E. Greenman      J. F. Woods.
     1876             Geo. Lawrence, H. M. Ward, O. L. Robinson    I. A. Grimson          E. E. Greenman      C. S. Barnes.
     1877             Geo. Lawrence, R. Thompson, H. M. Ward       I. A. Grimson          E. E. Greenman      C. S. Barnes.
     1878             Geo. Lawrence, R. Thompson, A. Ernst         John P. Sprecher       E. E. Greenman      G. W. Pangle.
     1879             R. Thompson, A. Ernst, Geo. Lawrence         John P. Sprecher       E. E. Greenman      G. W. Pangle.
     1880             A. Ernst, Geo. Lawrence, F. J. Smith         J. P. Strong           E. E. Greenman      E. Lamhofer.
     1881             Thos. Verba, F. J. Smith, Wesley Shafer      J. P. Strong           E. E. Greenman      E. Lamhofer.
     1882             Wesley Shafer, Thos. Verba, F. J. Smith      A. F. Clark            E. E. Greenman      E. Hashberger.
     1883             Wm. Shafer, F. Barnholdt, Thos. Verba        A. F. Clark            E. E. Greenman      E. Hashberger.
     1884             O. B. Halstead, F. Barnholdt, Wm. Draper     W. T. Howard           E. E. Greenman      J. C. Hashberger.


*1870. James A. Fraser succeeds D. Anderson as County Commissioner.
**Wm. M. Walker succeeds R. B. Kinney as County Commissioner.

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