List of counties in Nebraska

The US -American state of Nebraska 's 93 counties divided.

The official abbreviation for the state of Nebraska is NE and the FIPS code is 31 .

The FIPS code for each individual county always starts with 31 , followed by a three-digit number.

The population figures are based on the 2010 census .

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county	FIPS code	County Seat	founding	origin	Origin of name	Residents 2010	surface
Adams	001	Hastings	1867	Indian country	John Adams (1735–1826) - second President of the United States (1797–1801)	31,364	1,459 km²
Antelope	003	Neligh	1871	Indian country	Frequent occurrence of often as antelopes called pronghorn	6,685	2,220 km²
Arthur	005	Arthur	1887	Indian country	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) - 21st President of the United States (1881–1885)	460	1853 km²
banner	007	Harrisburg	1888	Cheyenne County	Named after the first settlers' hope that the county would be the state's "Banner County"	690	1,933 km²
Blaine	009	Brewster	1885	Indian country	James G. Blaine (1830-1893) - US - Senator (1876-1881), Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892) and presidential candidate in 1884	478	1,841 km²
Boone	011	Albion	1871	Indian country	Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - Kentucky pioneer	5,505	1,779 km²
Box butte	013	Alliance	1887	Dawes County	Named after a cuboid (ger .: box shaped ) monolith (ger .: Butte ) in the County	11.308	2,785 km²
Boyd	015	Butte	1891	Holt County and Indian Land	James E. Boyd (1834-1906) - eighth Governor of Nebraska (1892-1893)	2,099	1,399 km²
Brown	017	Ainsworth	1883	Indian country	Named after the Brown family , the first white settlers in the area	3,145	3,163 km²
Buffalo	019	Kearney	1855	Indian country	Named after the numerous buffalo (ger .: Buffalo ) who populated the region	46.102	2,507 km²
Burt	021	Tekamah	1854	One of nine original counties	Francis Burt (1807-1854) - the first governor of Nebraska - Territory (1854)	6,858	1,276 km²
butler	023	David City	1856	Greene County	William Orlando Butler (1791-1880) - Member of the US - House of Representatives (1839-1843)	8,395	1,511 km²
Cass	025	Plattsmouth	1854	One of nine original counties	Lewis Cass (1782–1866) - United States Secretary of State (1857–1860)	25,241	1,448 km²
Cedar	027	Hartington	1857	Dixon County and Pierce County	Named for the common juniper tree in the county (incorrectly called cedar )	8,852	1,917 km²
Chase	029	Imperial	1873	Indian country	Champion S. Chase (1820–1898) - first Attorney General ( comparable to a Justice Minister ) of Nebraska (1867–1869)	3,966	2,317 km²
Cherry	031	Valentine	1883	Indian country	Samuel A. Cherry - Lieutenant of the US - Army , which in the Indian wars fell	5,713	15,437 km²
Cheyenne	033	Sidney	1867	Indian country	Named after the Cheyenne people	9,998	3,099 km²
Clay	035	Clay Center	1855	Indian country	Henry Clay (1777–1852) - US Secretary of State (1825–1829)	6,542	1,484 km²
Colfax	037	Schuyler	1869	Platte County	Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885) - 17th Vice President of the United States (1869–1873)	10,515	1.070 km²
Cuming	039	West Point	1855	Burt County	Thomas B. Cuming (1827-1858) - Governor of Nebraska - territory (1854-1855, 1857-1858)	9,139	1,481 km²
Custer	041	Broken Bow	1877	Indian country	George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) - General of the Union Army in the Civil War , later died in the Battle of Little Bighorn	10,939	6,671 km²
Dakota	043	Dakota City	1855	Burt County	Named after the Dakota people	21.006	683 km²
Dawes	045	Chadron	1885	Sioux County	James W. Dawes (1844–1918) - fifth Governor of Nebraska (1883–1887)	9,182	3,616 km²
Dawson	047	Lexington	1860	Indian country	John Littleton Dawson (1813–1870) - US House Representative (1851–1855, 1863–1867)	24,326	2,623 km²
Deuel	049	Chappell	1888	Cheyenne County	after Harry Porter Deuel (1836-1914), a railroad manager from Omaha	1.941	1,139 km²
Dixon	051	Ponca	1856	Blackbird County, Izard County, and Indian Land	Named after the Dixon family , the first white settlers in the region	6,000	1,234 km²
Dodge	053	Fremont	1854	One of nine original counties	Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883) - US - Senator of Iowa (1848-1855) and supporters of the Kansas - Nebraska Act	36,691	1,384 km²
Douglas	055	Omaha	1854	One of nine original counties	Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) - US - Senator from Illinois (1847-1861) and presidential candidate in 1860	517.110	857 km²
Dundy	057	Benkelman	1873	Indian country	Elmer Dundy Scipio (1830-1896) - Judge at the Supreme Court of Nebraska - Territory (1858-1862)	2.008	2,382 km²
Fillmore	059	Geneva	1856	Jackson County and Indian Land	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) - 13th President of the United States (1850–1853)	5,890	1,493 km²
Franklin	061	Franklin	1867	Kearney County	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - statesman and one of the founding fathers of the United States	3,225	1,492 km²
Frontier	063	Stockville	1872	Indian country	Named after the former border with Indian land	2,756	2,524 km²
Furnas	065	Beaver City	1873	Indian country	Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824–1905) - third Governor of Nebraska (1873–1875)	4,959	1,860 km²
Fee	067	Beatrice	1855	Indian country	William D. Gage - a Methodist clergyman who was chaplain of the Nebraska First Parliament	22,311	2,215 km²
Garden	069	Oshkosh	1910	Deuel County	Named two of the hope real estate agent that the County of Garden of the West may be	2,057	4,414 km²
Garfield	071	Burwell	1884	Wheeler County	James A. Garfield (1831–1881) - 29th President of the United States (1881)	2,049	1,476 km²
Gosper	073	Elwood	1873	Indian country	John Gosper (1842–1913) - Secretary of State of Nebraska (1873–1875)	2,044	1,187 km²
Grant	075	Hyannis	1887	Indian country	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) - Commander in Chief of the Union Army in the American Civil War , later 18th President of the USA (1869–1877)	614	2,010 km²
Greeley	077	Greeley	1871	Indian country	Horace Greeley (1811-1872) - Newspaper publisher and member of the US - House of Representatives (1848-1849)	2,538	1,476 km²
Hall	079	Grand Island	1858	Indian country	Augustus Hall (1814-1861) - Member of the US - House of Representatives (1855-1857)	58,607	1,415 km²
Hamilton	081	Aurora	1867	Indian country	Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757–1804) - one of the founding fathers of the United States	9.124	1,408 km²
Harlan	083	Alma	1871	Kearney County	James Harlan (1820–1899) - US Secretary of the Interior (1865–1866)	3,423	1,432 km²
Hayes	085	Hayes Center	1877	Indian country	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) - 19th President of the United States (1877–1881)	967	1,847 km²
Hitchcock	087	Trenton	1873	Indian country	Phineas Warren Hitchcock (1831-1881) - US - Senator from Nebraska (1871-1877)	2,908	1,839 km²
Get	089	O'Neill	1860	Indian country	Joseph Holt (1807–1894) - Judge Advocate General (1862–1875)	10,435	5.249 km²
Hooker	091	Mullen	1889	Indian country	Joseph Hooker (1814–1879) - General of the Union Army in the American Civil War	736	1,668 km²
Howard	093	Saint Paul	1871	Hall County	Oliver Otis Howard (1830–1909) - General of the Union Army in the American Civil War	6,274	1,475 km²
Jefferson	095	Fairbury	1856	Indian country	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) - third President of the United States	7,547	1,484 km²
Johnson	097	Tecumseh	1857	Nemaha County and Otoe County	Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850) - ninth Vice President of the United States (1837–1841)	5,217	974 km²
Kearney	099	Minden	1860	Indian country	Named after Fort Kearny - outpost established in 1848	6,489	1,337 km²
Keith	101	Ogallala	1873	Indian country	MC Keith - at the time the owner of one of the largest ranches in western Nebraska	8,368	2,749 km²
Keya Paha	103	Springview	1884	Brown County and Indian Land	Dakota word Ké-ya Pa-há Wa-kpá , which means something like turtle hill river	824	2,003 km²
Kimball	105	Kimball	1888	Cheyenne County	Thomas L. Kimball , an executive member of the Union Pacific Railroad	3,821	2,465 km²
Knox	107	center	1857	Pierce County and Indian Land	Henry Knox (1750-1806) - the first US - Minister of War (1789-1794)	8,701	2,870 km²
Lancaster	109	Lincoln	1855	Cass County and Pierce County	Named after the cities of Lancaster in Pennsylvania and Lancaster in England	285,407	2,173 km²
Lincoln	111	North Platte	1860	Indian country	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) - 16th President of the United States (1861–1865)	36,288	6,641 km²
Logan	113	Stapleton	1885	Indian country	John A. Logan (1826-1886) - General of the Union forces in the Civil War , and later US - Senator from Illinois (1871-1877)	763	1,478 km²
Loup	115	Taylor	1863	Indian country	Loup River - flows through the county	632	1,476 km²
Madison	119	Madison	1856	Loup Counties and McNeale Counties and Indian Land	James Madison (1751-1836) - fourth President of the United States (1809-1817)	34,876	1,483 km²
McPherson	117	Tryon	1867	Indian country	James B. McPherson (1828-1864) - the second highest ranking general of the Union troops , who in the American Civil War was	539	2,225 km²
Merrick	121	Central City	1858	Polk County and Indian Land	Elvira Merrick - wife of Henry W. DePuy , a Nebraska MP	7,845	1,256 km²
Morrill	123	Bridgeport	1908	Cheyenne County	Charles Henry Morrill (1843–1928) - Nebraska businessman	5,042	3,687 km²
Nance	125	Fullerton	1879	Pawnee reservation	Albinus Nance (1848-1911) - Governor of Nebraska (1879-1883)	3,735	1,143 km²
Nemaha	127	Auburn	1854	One of nine original counties	Nimaha , the Oto word for swampy water	7,248	1,060 km²
Nuckolls	129	Nelson	1860	Indian country	Stephen Friel Nuckolls (1825-1879) - Member of the US - House of Representatives (1869-1871)	4,500	1,490 km²
Otoe	131	Nebraska City	1854	One of nine original counties	Named after the Oto people	15,740	1,595 km²
Pawnee	133	Pawnee City	1855	Richardson County	Named after the Pawnee people	2,773	1,118 km²
Perkins	135	Grant	1887	Kieth County	Charles E. Perkins - President of the CB & Q - Railroad	2,970	2,287 km²
Phelps	137	Holdrege	1873	Kearney County	William Phelps - former Mississippi steamship captain , believed to be the area's first white settler	9,188	1,399 km²
Pierce	139	Pierce	1856	Izard County, McNeale County, and Indian Land	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) - 14th President of the United States (1853–1857)	7,266	1,486 km²
plate	141	Columbus	1856	Greene County and Loup County	Platte River	32,237	1,756 km²
Polk	143	Osceola	1856	York County and Indian Land	James K. Polk (1795–1849) - eleventh President of the United States (1845–1849)	5,406	1,137 km²
Red Willow	145	McCook	1873	Indian country	Named for the Red Willow Creek that flows through the county	11,055	1,856 km²
Richardson	147	Falls City	1854	One of nine original counties	William Alexander Richardson (1811-1875) - Governor of Nebraska - Territory (1858)	8,363	1,433 km²
skirt	149	Bassett	1885	Brown County	Frequently occurring rocks (ger .: Rocks ) in the County	1,526	2,612 km²
Saltworks	153	Wilber	1867	Indian country	Named after the salt deposits in the area	14,200	1,490 km²
Sarpy	153	Papillion	1867	Cass County and Douglas County	Peter Abadie Sarpy (1804–1865) - fur trader and entrepreneur serving the Union	158,840	3,297 km²
Saunders	155	Wahoo	1856	Douglas County and Lancaster County	Alvin Saunders (1817-1899) - the last governor of Nebraska - Territory (1861-1867)	20,780	1,053 km²
Scott's bluff	157	Low	1888	Cheyenne County	Scotts Bluff National Monument	36,970	1,915 km²
Seward	159	Seward	1855	Cass County and Pierce County	William H. Seward (1801–1872) - 24th US Secretary of State (1861–1869)	16,750	1,489 km²
Sheridan	161	Rushville	1885	Sioux County	Philip Sheridan (1831–1888) - General of the Union Army in the Civil War	5,469	6,322 km²
Sherman	163	Loup City	1871	Buffalo County and Indian Land	William T. Sherman (1820-1891) - well-known general of the Union Army in the Civil War	3.152	1,466 km²
Sioux	165	Harrison	1877	Indian country	Named after the Sioux people	1.311	5,352 km²
Stanton	167	Stanton	1855	Izard County	Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869) - US Secretary of War (1862–1868)	6.129	1,113 km²
Thayer	169	Hebron	1871	Jefferson County	John M. Thayer (1820-1906) - seventh Governor of Nebraska (1887-1892)	5,228	1,488 km²
Thomas	171	Thedford	1887	Indian country	George Henry Thomas (1816–1870) - General of the Union Army in the Civil War	647	1,846 km²
Thurston	173	Pender	1889	Blackbird County	John Mellen Thurston (1847–1916) - US Senator from Nebraska from 1895 to 1901	6,940	1,020 km²
Valley	175	Ord	1871	Indian country	Named after common valleys in the region	4,260	1,471 km²
Washington	177	Blair	1854	One of nine original counties	George Washington (1732–1799) - first President of the United States (1789–1797)	20,234	1,011 km²
Wayne	179	Wayne	1867	Indian country	Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) - General in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence	9,595	1,148 km²
Webster	181	Red cloud	1867	Indian country	Daniel Webster (1782–1852) - US Senator (1845–1850) and US Secretary of State (1850–1852)	3.812	1,489 km²
Wheeler	183	Bartlett	1877	Indian country	Daniel H. Wheeler - Former Secretary of Agriculture of Nebraska	818	1,490 km²
York	185	York	1855	Cass and Pierce Counties and Indian Land	Either York in England or York County in Pennsylvania	13,665	1,491 km²