Arthur County NeArchives History .....Arthur County On The Map - To Organize Arthur County November 26, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 April 29, 2018, 6:36 pm The Nebraska State Journal Sat Nov 26, 1910 Arthur County on the Map Proposes to Organize Again as a County - It Was Created by Statute in 1887 and Later Disappeared To Organize Arthur County Governor Shallenberger has received a petition from a number of taxpayers asking for the issuance of a proclamation formally organizing the county of Arthur and naming the following commissioners to serve temporarily: W B. Yarnall, George Brower and Leland B. Rice. Charles M. Lightfoot is to be special county clerk. The temporary county seat will be located in section 5, township 18, range 37 6 p.m. The petition sets out that the territory to be included in the new county is inhabited by 1,000 persons. The county is to comprise the west portion of McPherson county. Arthur county was formerly on the map and how it was effaced is a mystery to the oldest pioneer at the state house. The boundaries of the county were defined by a statute passed in 1887. In 1895 the boundary lines were differently defined by a new statue. It is said the county was never completely organized and that what organization existed was allowed by common consent among the residents of the county to become "disorganized," and that the territory has since been attached to McPherson county for judicial purposes. The territory is directly west of McPherson county and formerly adjoined Deuel county. There has long been a dispute in regard to the boundaries of Deuel county which is west of Arthur county and east of Cheyenne county. Deuel has been divided to make room for Garden county. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/arthur/history/other/arthurco8gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb