List of counties in Nebraska
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The following is a list of the 93 counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska, listed by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix:
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| County |
FIPS Code [2] |
County seat [3] |
Established [3] |
Origin |
Etymolgy |
License plate prefix [4] |
Population [3] |
Area [3] |
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| Adams County | 001 | Hastings | 1867 | ? | John Adams | 14 | 31,151 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km²) |
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| Antelope County | 003 | Neligh | 1871 | ? | pronghorn antelope | 26 | 7,452 | 857 sq mi (2,220 km²) |
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| Arthur County | 005 | Arthur | 1887 | ? | Chester Alan Arthur | 91 | 444 | 715 sq mi (1,852 km²) |
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| Banner County | 007 | Harrisburg | 1888 | ? | named for the settlers | 85 | 819 | 746 sq mi (1,932 km²) |
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| Blaine County | 009 | Brewster | 1885 | ? | James Gillepsie Blaine | 86 | 583 | 711 sq mi (1,841 km²) |
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| Boone County | 011 | Albion | 1871 | ? | Daniel Boone | 23 | 6,259 | 687 sq mi (1,779 km²) |
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| Box Butte County | 013 | Alliance | 1886 | ? | box shaped butte | 65 | 12,158 | 1,075 sq mi (2,784 km²) |
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| Boyd County | 015 | Butte | 1891 | ? | James E. Boyd | 63 | 2,438 | 540 sq mi (1,399 km²) |
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| Brown County | 017 | Ainsworth | 1883 | ? | legislater with name of Brown | 75 | 3,525 | 1,221 sq mi (3,162 km²) |
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| Buffalo County | 019 | Kearney | 1855 | ? | American Bison | 9 | 42,259 | 968 sq mi (2,507 km²) |
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| Burt County | 021 | Tekamah | 1854 | ? | Francis Burt | 31 | 7,791 | 493 sq mi (1,277 km²) |
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| Butler County | 023 | David City | 1857 | ? | David Butler or William Orlando Butler | 25 | 8,767 | 584 sq mi (1,513 km²) |
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| Cass County | 025 | Plattsmouth | 1854 | ? | Lewis Cass | 20 | 24,334 | 559 sq mi (1,448 km²) |
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| Cedar County | 027 | Hartington | 1855 | ? | Juniper trees | 13 | 9,615 | 740 sq mi (1,917 km²) |
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| Chase County | 029 | Imperial | 1873 | ? | Champion S. Chase | 72 | 4,068 | 894 sq mi (2,315 km²) |
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| Cherry County | 031 | Valentine | 1883 | ? | Samuel A. Cherry | 66 | 6,148 | 5,961 sq mi (15,439 km²) |
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| Cheyenne County | 033 | Sidney | 1867 | ? | Cheyenne Native Americans | 39 | 9,830 | 1,196 sq mi (3,098 km²) |
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| Clay County | 035 | Clay Center | 1855 | ? | Henry Clay | 30 | 7,039 | 573 sq mi (1,484 km²) |
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| Colfax County | 037 | Schuyler | 1869 | ? | Schuyler Colfax | 43 | 10,441 | 413 sq mi (1,070 km²) |
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| Cuming County | 039 | West Point | 1855 | ? | Thomas B. Cuming | 24 | 10,203 | 572 sq mi (1,481 km²) |
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| Custer County | 041 | Broken Bow | 1877 | ? | George Armstrong Custer | 4 | 11,793 | 2,576 sq mi (6,672 km²) |
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| Dakota County | 043 | Dakota City | 1855 | ? | Dakota Native Americans | 70 | 20,253 | 264 sq mi (684 km²) |
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| Dawes County | 045 | Chadron | 1885 | ? | James W. Dawes | 69 | 9,060 | 1,396 sq mi (3,616 km²) |
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| Dawson County | 047 | Lexington | 1860 | ? | Jacob Dawson | 18 | 24,365 | 1,013 sq mi (2,624 km²) |
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| Deuel County | 049 | Chappell | 1889 | ? | Deuel family | 78 | 2,098 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km²) |
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| Dixon County | 051 | Ponca | 1856 | ? | Dixon family | 35 | 6,339 | 476 sq mi (1,233 km²) |
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| Dodge County | 053 | Fremont | 1855 | ? | Augustus Caesar Dodge | 5 | 36,160 | 534 sq mi (1,383 km²) |
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| Douglas County | 055 | Omaha | 1854 | ? | Stephen Arnold Douglas | 1[1] | 463,585 | 331 sq mi (857 km²) |
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| Dundy County | 057 | Benkelman | 1873 | ? | Elmer Scipio Dundy | 76 | 2,292 | 920 sq mi (2,383 km²) |
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| Fillmore County | 059 | Geneva | 1856 | ? | Millard Fillmore | 34 | 6,634 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) |
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| Franklin County | 061 | Franklin | 1867 | ? | Benjamin Franklin | 50 | 3,574 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) |
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| Frontier County | 063 | Stockville | 1872 | ? | frontier of Nebraska | 60 | 3,099 | 975 sq mi (2,525 km²) |
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| Furnas County | 065 | Beaver City | 1873 | ? | Robert Wilkinson Furnas | 38 | 5,324 | 718 sq mi (1,860 km²) |
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| Gage County | 067 | Beatrice | 1855 | ? | William D. Gage | 3 | 22,993 | 855 sq mi (2,214 km²) |
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| Garden County | 069 | Oshkosh | 1909 | ? | Oshkosh Ne. | 77 | 2,292 | 1,705 sq mi (4,416 km²) |
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| Garfield County | 071 | Burwell | 1884 | ? | James Abram Garfield | 83 | 1,902 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Gosper County | 073 | Elwood | 1873 | ? | John J. Gosper | 73 | 2,143 | 458 sq mi (1,186 km²) |
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| Grant County | 075 | Hyannis | 1884 | ? | Ulysses Simpson Grant | 92 | 747 | 776 sq mi (2,010 km²) |
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| Greeley County | 077 | Greeley | 1871 | ? | Horace Greeley | 62 | 2,714 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Hall County | 079 | Grand Island | 1858 | ? | Augustus Hall | 8 | 53,534 | 546 sq mi (1,414 km²) |
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| Hamilton County | 081 | Aurora | 1867 | ? | Alexander Hamilton | 28 | 9,403 | 544 sq mi (1,409 km²) |
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| Harlan County | 083 | Alma | 1871 | ? | James Harlan | 51 | 3,786 | 553 sq mi (1,432 km²) |
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| Hayes County | 085 | Hayes Center | 1877 | ? | Rutherford Birchard Hayes | 79 | 1,068 | 713 sq mi (1,847 km²) |
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| Hitchcock County | 087 | Trenton | 1873 | ? | Phineas Warren Hitchcock | 67 | 3,111 | 710 sq mi (1,839 km²) |
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| Holt County | 089 | O'Neill | 1876 | ? | Joseph Holt | 36 | 11,551 | 2,413 sq mi (6,250 km²) |
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| Hooker County | 091 | Mullen | 1889 | ? | Joseph Hooker | 93 | 783 | 721 sq mi (1,867 km²) |
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| Howard County | 093 | Saint Paul | 1871 | ? | Oliver Otis Howard | 49 | 6,567 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 095 | Fairbury | 1856 | ? | Thomas Jefferson | 33 | 8,333 | 573 sq mi (1,484 km²) |
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| Johnson County | 097 | Tecumseh | 1855 | ? | Richard Mentor Johnson | 57 | 4,488 | 376 sq mi (974 km²) |
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| Kearney County | 099 | Minden | 1860 | ? | Fort Kearney | 52 | 6,882 | 516 sq mi (1,336 km²) |
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| Keith County | 101 | Ogallala | 1873 | ? | M.C. Keith | 68 | 8,875 | 1,061 sq mi (2,748 km²) |
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| Keya Paha County | 103 | Springview | 1884 | ? | word keyapaha meaning turlte hill river | 82 | 983 | 773 sq mi (2,002 km²) |
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| Kimball County | 105 | Kimball | 1888 | ? | Thomas L. Kimball | 71 | 4,089 | 952 sq mi (2,466 km²) |
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| Knox County | 107 | Center | 1854 | ? | Henry Knox | 12 | 9,374 | 1,108 sq mi (2,870 km²) |
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| Lancaster County | 109 | Lincoln | 1854 | ? | Lancaster Pa. and Lancaster England | 2[1] | 250,291 | 839 sq mi (2,173 km²) |
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| Lincoln County | 111 | North Platte | 1860 | ? | Abraham Lincoln | 15 | 34,632 | 2,564 sq mi (6,641 km²) |
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| Logan County | 113 | Stapleton | 1885 | ? | John Alexander Logan | 87 | 774 | 571 sq mi (1,479 km²) |
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| Loup County | 115 | Taylor | 1883 | ? | Loup River | 88 | 712 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Madison County | 117 | Madison | 1856 | ? | James Madison | 7 | 35,226 | 573 sq mi (1,484 km²) |
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| McPherson County | 119 | Tryon | 1887 | ? | James Birdseye McPherson | 90 | 533 | 859 sq mi (2,225 km²) |
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| Merrick County | 121 | Central City | 1858 | ? | Elvira Merrick | 46 | 8,204 | 485 sq mi (1,256 km²) |
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| Morrill County | 123 | Bridgeport | 1908 | ? | Charles H. Morrill | 64 | 5,440 | 1,424 sq mi (3,688 km²) |
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| Nance County | 125 | Fullerton | 1879 | ? | Albinus Nance | 58 | 4,038 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km²) |
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| Nemaha County | 127 | Auburn | 1855 | ? | word nimaha meaning miry water | 44 | 7,576 | 409 sq mi (1,059 km²) |
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| Nuckolls County | 129 | Nelson | 1860 | ? | Lafayette Nuckolls | 42 | 5,057 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| Otoe County | 131 | Nebraska City | 1854 | ? | Oto Native Americans | 11 | 15,396 | 616 sq mi (1,595 km²) |
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| Pawnee County | 133 | Pawnee City | 1854 | ? | Pawnee Native Americans | 54 | 3,087 | 432 sq mi (1,119 km²) |
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| Perkins County | 135 | Grant | 1887 | ? | Charles E. Perkins or Joseph Perkins | 74 | 3,200 | 883 sq mi (2,287 km²) |
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| Phelps County | 137 | Holdrege | 1873 | ? | William Phelps | 37 | 9,747 | 540 sq mi (1,399 km²) |
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| Pierce County | 139 | Pierce | 1856 | ? | Franklin Pierce | 40 | 7,857 | 574 sq mi (1,487 km²) |
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| Platte County | 141 | Columbus | 1856 | ? | Platte River | 10 | 31,662 | 678 sq mi (1,756 km²) |
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| Polk County | 143 | Osceola | 1856 | ? | James Knox Polk | 41 | 5,639 | 439 sq mi (1,137 km²) |
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| Red Willow County | 145 | McCook | 1873 | ? | Red Willow Creek | 48 | 11,448 | 717 sq mi (1,857 km²) |
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| Richardson County | 147 | Falls City | 1855 | ? | William A. Richardson | 19 | 9,531 | 554 sq mi (1,435 km²) |
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| Rock County | 149 | Bassett | 1888 | ? | Rock Creek | 81 | 1,756 | 1,008 sq mi (2,611 km²) |
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| Saline County | 151 | Wilber | 1867 | ? | salt springs | 22 | 13,843 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| Sarpy County | 153 | Papillion | 1857 | ? | Peter A. Sarpy | 59[1] | 122,595 | 241 sq mi (624 km²) |
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| Saunders County | 155 | Wahoo | 1856 | ? | Alvin Saunders | 6 | 19,830 | 754 sq mi (1,953 km²) |
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| Scotts Bluff County | 157 | Gering | 1881 | ? | Scotts Bluff National Monurment | 21 | 36,951 | 739 sq mi (1,914 km²) |
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| Seward County | 159 | Seward | 1867 | ? | William Henry Seward | 16 | 16,496 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| Sheridan County | 161 | Rushville | 1885 | ? | Philip Henry Sheridan | 61 | 6,198 | 2,441 sq mi (6,322 km²) |
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| Sherman County | 163 | Loup City | 1871 | ? | William Tecumseh Sherman | 56 | 3,318 | 566 sq mi (1,466 km²) |
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| Sioux County | 165 | Harrison | 1877 | ? | Sioux Native Americans | 80 | 1,475 | 2,067 sq mi (5,354 km²) |
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| Stanton County | 167 | Stanton | 1865 | ? | Edwin McMasters Stanton | 53 | 6,455 | 430 sq mi (1,114 km²) |
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| Thayer County | 169 | Hebron | 1872 | ? | John Milton Thayer | 32 | 6,055 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| Thomas County | 171 | Thedford | 1887 | ? | George Henry Thomas | 89 | 729 | 713 sq mi (1,847 km²) |
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| Thurston County | 173 | Pender | 1865 | ? | John Mellen Thurston | 55 | 7,171 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km²) |
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| Valley County | 175 | Ord | 1871 | ? | vallies within the county | 47 | 4,647 | 568 sq mi (1,471 km²) |
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| Washington County | 177 | Blair | 1854 | ? | George Washington | 29 | 18,780 | 390 sq mi (1,010 km²) |
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| Wayne County | 179 | Wayne | 1867 | ? | Anthony Wayne | 27 | 9,851 | 444 sq mi (1,150 km²) |
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| Webster County | 181 | Red Cloud | 1871 | ? | Daniel Webster | 45 | 4,061 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| Wheeler County | 183 | Bartlett | 1877 | ? | Daniel H. Wheeler | 84 | 886 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) |
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| York County | 185 | York | 1855 | ? | York England or York Pa. | 17 | 14,598 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Starting with the 2002 license plate series, plates issued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy use an "ABC 123" numbering sequence. Plates with prefixes in those counties are available at additional cost.
- ^ EPA County FIPS Code Listing. EPA.gov. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ a b c d National Association of Counties. NACo - Find a county. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ The license plate prefix sequence is derived from the number of vehicles registered in each county in 1922.
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