Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
List of counties in Nebraska
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==County list== {{Countytabletop | region_width = 120px | fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ne.html |title=EPA County FIPS Code Listing |work=EPA.gov |access-date=May 4, 2008}}</ref> | region_seat_width = | region_seat_title = County seat | region_seat_ref = <ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://explorer.naco.org/index.html?dset=Population%20Levels%20and%20Trends&ind=Population%20Level|title=NACo County Explorer|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> | data2_width = | data2_title = {{abbr|Est.|Established}} | data2_ref = <ref name="NACO"/> | data3_width = | data3_title = Origin | data3_ref = | data4_width = | data4_unsortable = yes | data4_title = Etymology | data4_ref = | data5_width = | data5_title = License plate prefix | data5_ref = <ref>The license plate prefix sequence is derived from the number of vehicles registered in each county in 1922.</ref> | population_ref = <ref name="2024CensusEstimate">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NE/PST045219|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Nebraska|author=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref> | area_ref = <ref name="NACO"/> }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=001 |Name= Adams |Seat= Hastings |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[John Adams]], second [[President of the United States]]|Data5= 14 |Population= 31196 |Area= 563 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=003 |Name= Antelope |Seat= Neligh |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Pronghorn]], often called antelope |Data5= 26 |Population= 6358 |Area= 857 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=005 |Name= Arthur |Seat= Arthur |Data2= 1913 |Data3= Formed from McPherson County<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur County |url=http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/arthur.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704062126/http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/arthur.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref> |Data4=[[Chester A. Arthur]], twenty-first [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 91 |Population= 423 |Area= 715 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=007 |Name= Banner |Seat= Harrisburg |Data2= 1888 |Data3=Formed from Cheyenne County |Data4=Early settlers' goal of making it the "banner county" of the state|Data5= 85 |Population= 665 |Area= 746 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=009 |Name= Blaine |Seat= Brewster |Data2= 1885 |Data3=Unorganized territory |Data4=[[James G. Blaine]], national politician|Data5= 86 |Population= 454 |Area= 711 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=011 |Name= Boone |Seat= Albion |Data2= 1871 |Data3=Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Daniel Boone]], American pioneer and trapper |Data5= 23 |Population= 5354 |Area= 687 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=013 |Name= Box Butte |Seat= Alliance |Data2= 1887 |Data3= Formed from Dawes County |Data4=A box-shaped [[butte]] north of Alliance|Data5= 65 |Population= 10703 |Area= 1075 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=015 |Name= Boyd |Seat= Butte |Data2= 1891 |Data3= Holt County and unorganized territory (Indian Territory) |Data4=[[James E. Boyd (politician)|James E. Boyd]], the eighth [[List of Governors of Nebraska|governor of Nebraska]] |Data5= 63 |Population= 1700 |Area= 540 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=017 |Name= Brown |Seat= Ainsworth |Data2= 1883 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=The Brown family of early settlers |Data5= 75 |Population= 2877 |Area= 1221 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=019 |Name= Buffalo |Seat= Kearney |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=The [[American Bison]]|Data5= 9 |Population= 51156 |Area= 968 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=021 |Name= Burt |Seat= Tekamah |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[Francis Burt (Nebraska governor)|Francis Burt]], the first territorial governor|Data5= 31 |Population= 6727 |Area= 493 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=023 |Name= Butler |Seat= David City |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Greene County |Data4=[[William Orlando Butler|William O. Butler]], U.S. Congressman and military leader|Data5= 25 |Population= 8439 |Area= 584 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=025 |Name= Cass |Seat= Plattsmouth |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[Lewis Cass]], U.S. Senator who supported the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]|Data5= 20 |Population= 27492 |Area= 559 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=027 |Name= Cedar |Seat= Hartington |Data2= 1857 |Data3= Formed from Dixon and Pierce Counties |Data4=The [[Juniperus virginiana|eastern red cedar]]<ref name=fitzpatrick>Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc "Nebraska Place-Names".] University of Nebraska Department of English. Retrieved September 2, 2010.</ref>|Data5= 13 |Population= 8262 |Area= 740 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=029 |Name= Chase |Seat= Imperial |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Champion S. Chase]], Nebraska's first attorney general|Data5= 72 |Population= 3764 |Area= 894 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=031 |Name= Cherry |Seat= Valentine |Data2= 1883 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Samuel A. Cherry, army lieutenant killed in the [[Indian Wars]] |Data5= 66 |Population= 5558 |Area= 5961 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=033 |Name= Cheyenne |Seat= Sidney |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Named for the [[Cheyenne]] Indian tribe |Data5= 39 |Population= 9602 |Area= 1196 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=035 |Name= Clay |Seat= Clay Center |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from unorganized territory |Data4=[[Henry Clay]], national politician|Data5= 30 |Population= 6103 |Area= 573 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=037 |Name= Colfax |Seat= Schuyler |Data2= 1869 |Data3= Formed from Platte County |Data4=[[Schuyler Colfax]], [[Vice President of the United States]] |Data5= 43 |Population= 10826 |Area= 413 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=039 |Name= Cuming |Seat= West Point |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Burt County |Data4=[[Thomas B. Cuming]], first territorial secretary|Data5= 24 |Population= 8952 |Area= 572 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=041 |Name= Custer |Seat= Broken Bow |Data2= 1877 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[George Armstrong Custer]], U.S. Army general|Data5= 4 |Population= 10487 |Area= 2576 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=043 |Name= Dakota |Seat= Dakota City |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Burt County |Data4=[[Dakota people|Dakota]] branch of the [[Sioux]] Indian tribe|Data5= 70 |Population= 21335 |Area= 264 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=045 |Name= Dawes |Seat= Chadron |Data2= 1885 |Data3= Formed from Sioux County |Data4=[[James W. Dawes]], the sixth [[List of Governors of Nebraska|governor of Nebraska]]|Data5= 69 |Population= 8003 |Area= 1396 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=047 |Name= Dawson |Seat= Lexington |Data2= 1860 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Jacob Dawson, first postmaster for [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]|Data5= 18 |Population= 24554 |Area= 1013 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=049 |Name= Deuel |Seat= Chappell |Data2= 1888 |Data3= Formed from Cheyenne County |Data4=The Deuel family of early settlers |Data5= 78 |Population= 1892 |Area= 440 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=051 |Name= Dixon |Seat= Ponca |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Blackbird County, Izard County, and unorganized territory |Data4=The Dixon family of early settlers |Data5= 35 |Population= 5526 |Area= 476 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=053 |Name= Dodge |Seat= Fremont |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[Augustus C. Dodge|Augustus Caesar Dodge]], U.S. Senator who supported the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]|Data5= 5 |Population= 37884 |Area= 534 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=055 |Name= Douglas |Seat= Omaha |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[Stephen A. Douglas|Stephen Arnold Douglas]], national politician|Data5= 1 |Population= 601158 |Area= 331 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=057 |Name= Dundy |Seat= Benkelman |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Elmer Scipio Dundy]], U.S. Circuit Court judge|Data5= 76 |Population= 1581 |Area= 920 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=059 |Name= Fillmore |Seat= Geneva |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Jackson County and unorganized territory |Data4=[[Millard Fillmore]], thirteenth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 34 |Population= 5512 |Area= 576 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=061 |Name= Franklin |Seat= Franklin |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Formed from Kearney County |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], Founding Father|Data5= 50 |Population= 2817 |Area= 576 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=063 |Name= Frontier |Seat= Stockville |Data2= 1872 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Its location|Data5= 60 |Population= 2536 |Area= 975 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=065 |Name= Furnas |Seat= Beaver City |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Robert Wilkinson Furnas]], third [[List of Governors of Nebraska|governor of Nebraska]]|Data5= 38 |Population= 4468 |Area= 718 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=067 |Name= Gage |Seat= Beatrice |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=William D. Gage, contemporary chaplain of the state legislature|Data5= 3 |Population= 21687 |Area= 855 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=069 |Name= Garden |Seat= Oshkosh |Data2= 1910 |Data3= Formed from Deuel County |Data4=Early settlers' hopes for it to become the "garden spot of the west"|Data5= 77 |Population= 1804 |Area= 1705 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=071 |Name= Garfield |Seat= Burwell |Data2= 1884 |Data3= Formed from Wheeler County |Data4=[[James A. Garfield|James Abram Garfield]], twentieth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 83 |Population= 1707 |Area= 570 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=073 |Name= Gosper |Seat= Elwood |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[John J. Gosper]], contemporary Nebraska secretary of state|Data5= 73 |Population= 1808 |Area= 458 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=075 |Name= Grant |Seat= Hyannis |Data2= 1887 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Ulysses S. Grant]], eighteenth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 92 |Population= 573 |Area= 776 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=077 |Name= Greeley |Seat= Greeley |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Horace Greeley]], journalist|Data5= 62 |Population= 2197 |Area= 570 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=079 |Name= Hall |Seat= Grand Island |Data2= 1858 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Augustus Hall]], contemporary chief justice of the Territorial Supreme Court|Data5= 8 |Population= 62869 |Area= 546 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=081 |Name= Hamilton |Seat= Aurora |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Alexander Hamilton]], first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]|Data5= 28 |Population= 9564 |Area= 544 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=083 |Name= Harlan |Seat= Alma |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Formed from Kearney County |Data4=Disputed; either [[James Harlan (Iowa Senator)|James Harlan]], national politician, or a local revenue collector|Data5= 51 |Population= 3018 |Area= 553 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=085 |Name= Hayes |Seat= Hayes Center |Data2= 1877 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Rutherford B. Hayes]], nineteenth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 79 |Population= 846 |Area= 713 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=087 |Name= Hitchcock |Seat= Trenton |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Phineas Warren Hitchcock]], Nebraska [[U.S. Senator]]|Data5= 67 |Population= 2460 |Area= 710 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=089 |Name= Holt |Seat= O'Neill |Data2= 1860 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Joseph Holt]], [[U.S. Postmaster General]] and [[U.S. Secretary of War|Secretary of War]]|Data5= 36 |Population= 10120 |Area= 2413 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=091 |Name= Hooker |Seat= Mullen |Data2= 1889 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Joseph Hooker]], U.S. Army general|Data5= 93 |Population= 698 |Area= 721 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=093 |Name= Howard |Seat= Saint Paul |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Formed from Hall County |Data4=[[Oliver O. Howard]], U.S. Army general|Data5= 49 |Population= 6572 |Area= 570 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=095 |Name= Jefferson |Seat= Fairbury |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson]], the third [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 33 |Population= 7136 |Area= 573 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=097 |Name= Johnson |Seat= Tecumseh |Data2= 1857 |Data3= Formed from Nemaha and Otoe Counties |Data4=[[Richard Mentor Johnson]], ninth [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]]|Data5= 57 |Population= 5219 |Area= 376 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=099 |Name= Kearney |Seat= Minden |Data2= 1860 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Fort Kearny]], with a misspelling|Data5= 52 |Population= 6749 |Area= 516 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=101 |Name= Keith |Seat= Ogallala |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=M.C. Keith, rancher with wide holdings|Data5= 68 |Population= 8148 |Area= 1061 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=103 |Name= Keya Paha |Seat= Springview |Data2= 1884 |Data3= Formed from Brown County and unorganized Indian territory |Data4=[[Lakota people|Dakota]] words ''Ké-ya Pa-há Wa-kpá'' (''turtle hill river'')|Data5= 82 |Population= 819 |Area= 773 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=105 |Name= Kimball |Seat= Kimball |Data2= 1888 |Data3= Formed from Cheyenne County |Data4=Thomas L. Kimball, [[Union Pacific Railroad]] official|Data5= 71 |Population= 3305 |Area= 952 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=107 |Name= Knox |Seat= Center |Data2= 1857 |Data3= Formed from Pierce County and unorganized territory (Former names-L'Eau Qui Court (1857-1867) and Emmet (1867-1873)) |Data4=[[Henry Knox]], first [[United States Secretary of War|U.S. Secretary of War]]|Data5= 12 |Population= 8306 |Area= 1108 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=109 |Name= Lancaster |Seat= Lincoln |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Cass and Pierce Counties |Data4=[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] and [[Lancaster, England]]|Data5= 2 |Population= 332857 |Area= 839 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=111 |Name= Lincoln |Seat= North Platte |Data2= 1860 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Abraham Lincoln]], sixteenth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 15 |Population= 33319 |Area= 2564 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=113 |Name= Logan |Seat= Stapleton |Data2= 1885 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[John A. Logan]], U.S. Army general|Data5= 87 |Population= 694 |Area= 571 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=115 |Name= Loup |Seat= Taylor |Data2= 1883 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Loup River]]|Data5= 88 |Population= 582 |Area= 570 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=119 |Name= Madison |Seat= Madison |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Loup County, and McNeale County, and unorganized territory |Data4=Either [[James Madison]], fourth [[president of the United States]], or local settlers' native [[Madison, Wisconsin]]|Data5= 7 |Population= 35579 |Area= 573 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=117 |Name= McPherson |Seat= Tryon |Data2= 1887 |Data3= Formed from Logan County<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur County |url=http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/arthur.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704062126/http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/arthur.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref> |Data4=[[James B. McPherson]], U.S. Army general|Data5= 90 |Population= 376 |Area= 859 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=121 |Name= Merrick |Seat= Central City |Data2= 1858 |Data3= Formed from Polk County and unorganized territory |Data4=Elvira Merrick, wife of legislator Henry W. DePuy|Data5= 46 |Population= 7837 |Area= 485 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=123 |Name= Morrill |Seat= Bridgeport |Data2= 1908 |Data3= Formed from Cheyenne County |Data4=[[Charles Henry Morrill]], president of the Lincoln Land Company|Data5= 64 |Population= 4485 |Area= 1424 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=125 |Name= Nance |Seat= Fullerton |Data2= 1879 |Data3= Formed from a Pawnee Indian reservation |Data4=[[Albinus Nance]], fourth [[List of Governors of Nebraska|governor of Nebraska]]|Data5= 58 |Population= 3262 |Area= 441 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=127 |Name= Nemaha |Seat= Auburn |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=''Nimaha'', the [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]] name meaning ''miry water'' for a local stream|Data5= 44 |Population= 7046 |Area= 409 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=129 |Name= Nuckolls |Seat= Nelson |Data2= 1860 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Lafayette Nuckolls, a member of the first [[Nebraska]] territorial legislature; and his brother, [[Stephen Nuckolls]], a pioneering [[Nebraska]] settler, businessman and banker|Data5= 42 |Population= 4094 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=131 |Name= Otoe |Seat= Nebraska City |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[Otoe tribe|Oto]] (also Otoe) [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] tribe |Data5= 11 |Population= 16591 |Area= 616 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=133 |Name= Pawnee |Seat= Pawnee City |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Richardson County |Data4=[[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] tribe|Data5= 54 |Population= 2521 |Area= 432 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=135 |Name= Perkins |Seat= Grant |Data2= 1887 |Data3= Formed from Keith County |Data4=Charles E. Perkins, a president of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] |Data5= 74 |Population= 2779 |Area= 883 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=137 |Name= Phelps |Seat= Holdrege |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Formed from Kearney County |Data4=William Phelps, an early settler<ref name=fitzpatrick/>|Data5= 37 |Population= 9042 |Area= 540 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=139 |Name= Pierce |Seat= Pierce |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Izard County, McNeale County, and unorganized territory |Data4=[[Franklin Pierce]], the fourteenth [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 40 |Population= 7334 |Area= 574 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=141 |Name= Platte |Seat= Columbus |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Greene and Loup Counties |Data4=[[Platte River]] which is in turn named for the French word for flat |Data5= 10 |Population= 35499 |Area= 678 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=143 |Name= Polk |Seat= Osceola |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from York County and unorganized territory |Data4=[[James Knox Polk]], the eleventh [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 41 |Population= 5269 |Area= 439 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=145 |Name= Red Willow |Seat= McCook |Data2= 1873 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Red Willow Creek]], which runs through the area|Data5= 48 |Population= 10409 |Area= 717 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=147 |Name= Richardson |Seat= Falls City |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[William A. Richardson (Nebraska)|William A. Richardson]], a governor of the [[Nebraska Territory]]|Data5= 19 |Population= 7666 |Area= 554 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=149 |Name= Rock |Seat= Bassett |Data2= 1885 |Data3= Formed from Brown County |Data4=Either Rock Creek, which flows in the county; or the rocky condition of the [[soil]] in the area|Data5= 81 |Population= 1241 |Area= 1008 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=151 |Name= Saline |Seat= Wilber |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Named for a belief held by the early pioneers that great [[salt]] springs and deposits could be found in the area, a hope found to be false|Data5= 22 |Population= 14740 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=153 |Name= Sarpy |Seat= Papillion |Data2= 1857 |Data3= Formed from Cass and Douglas Counties |Data4=[[Peter A. Sarpy]], a commander of a trading post in the future county|Data5= 59 |Population= 204828 |Area= 241 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=155 |Name= Saunders |Seat= Wahoo |Data2= 1856 |Data3= Formed from Douglas and Lancaster Counties |Data4=[[Alvin Saunders]], a governor of the [[Nebraska Territory]]|Data5= 6 |Population= 23406 |Area= 754 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=157 |Name= Scotts Bluff |Seat= Gering |Data2= 1888 |Data3= Formed from Cheyenne County |Data4=Named for a towering bluff located in the [[Scotts Bluff National Monument]]; the bluffs themselves are named for Hiram Scott, a fur trapper who is alleged to have crawled 75 miles with a broken leg before collapsing and dying at the foot of the formation|Data5= 21 |Population= 35734 |Area= 739 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=159 |Name= Seward |Seat= Seward |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Cass and Pierce Counties |Data4=[[William H. Seward|William Henry Seward]], the [[United States Secretary of State]] during the 1860s |Data5= 16 |Population= 17769 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=161 |Name= Sheridan |Seat= Rushville |Data2= 1885 |Data3= Formed from Sioux County |Data4=[[Philip Sheridan|Philip Henry Sheridan]], a general in the [[American Civil War]]|Data5= 61 |Population= 4927 |Area= 2441 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=163 |Name= Sherman |Seat= Loup City |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Formed from Buffalo County and unorganized territory |Data4=[[William T. Sherman|William Tecumseh Sherman]], the [[American Civil War]] general |Data5= 56 |Population= 2949 |Area= 566 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=165 |Name= Sioux |Seat= Harrison |Data2= 1877 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Sioux]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] tribe|Data5= 80 |Population= 1099 |Area= 1313 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=167 |Name= Stanton |Seat= Stanton |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Burt County |Data4=[[Edwin M. Stanton]], the [[United States Secretary of War]] during most of the [[American Civil War]]|Data5= 53 |Population= 5756 |Area= 430 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=169 |Name= Thayer |Seat= Hebron |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Formed from Jefferson County |Data4=[[John Milton Thayer]], the seventh [[List of Governors of Nebraska|governor of Nebraska]]|Data5= 32 |Population= 4870 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=171 |Name= Thomas |Seat= Thedford |Data2= 1887 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[George Henry Thomas]], a general in the [[American Civil War]]|Data5= 89 |Population= 634 |Area= 713 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=173 |Name= Thurston |Seat= Pender |Data2= 1889 |Data3= Formed from Blackbird County and an Omaha Indian reservation |Data4=[[John Mellen Thurston]], a U. S. senator from [[Nebraska]] |Data5= 55 |Population= 6637 |Area= 394 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=175 |Name= Valley |Seat= Ord |Data2= 1871 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Named for the many valleys in the area|Data5= 47 |Population= 4032 |Area= 568 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=177 |Name= Washington |Seat= Blair |Data2= 1854 |Data3= One of nine original counties |Data4=[[George Washington]], the first [[president of the United States]]|Data5= 29 |Population= 21254 |Area= 390 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=179 |Name= Wayne |Seat= Wayne |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Anthony Wayne]], the [[American Revolutionary War]] general nicknamed "Mad Anthony" by his troops|Data5= 27 |Population= 9870 |Area= 444 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=181 |Name= Webster |Seat= Red Cloud |Data2= 1867 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=[[Daniel Webster]], the statesman and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts |Data5= 45 |Population= 3326 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=183 |Name= Wheeler |Seat= Bartlett |Data2= 1877 |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=Daniel H. Wheeler, a secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture|Data5= 84 |Population= 808 |Area= 575 |Size=120px }} {{Countyrow |N=31| Num=185 |Name= York |Seat= York |Data2= 1855 |Data3= Formed from Cass County, Pierce County, and unorganized territory |Data4=Named for either [[York|York, England]], or [[York County, Pennsylvania]] |Data5= 17 |Population= 14375 |Area= 576 |Size=120px }} |}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
List of counties in Nebraska
(section)
Add topic
