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Counties in Nebraska that I have Visited

There are 93 counties in Nebraska
The Cornhusker State

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Nebraska County Outline Map
Source of underlying map: Indiana State University, Cartography

I have visited 21 Counties = 22.6% of Counties in Nebraska

Nebraska Map

Quick facts about Nebraska

  • Location: See map on the right side of the page.
  • Size(1): 76,872 square miles. Nebraska is the 15th largest state. The next larger state is Minnesota and the next smaller state is South Dakota.
  • Population(2): 1,758,787 people. Nebraska is the 38th most populous state. The next more populous state is West Virginia and the next less populous state is Idaho.
  • Population Density: 22.88 people per square mile. Nebraska is the 42nd most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Utah and the next less densely populated state is Nevada.
  • Bordering States: Nebraska shares a border with 6 states: South Dakota; Wyoming; Colorado; Kansas; Missouri and Iowa.
  • Admission to the Union: March 1, 1867. Nebraska was the 37th state admitted to the Union, after Nevada and before Colorado.
  • Capital: Lincoln.
  • Highest Point: 5,429 feet at Panorama Point. See SummitPost's Panorama Point page.
  • Lowest Point: 840 feet at the Missouri River in Richardson County.
  • Government website: Nebraska.gov - The Official Website of Nebraska.
  • Official Tourism website: Visit Nebraska - Travel & Tourism Homepage.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia's Nebraska page.

Gottberg Brew Pub Coaster

Gottberg Brew Pub
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska

Below are the 93 counties in Nebraska. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are in bold. If I have a photograph or other item associated with a county somewhere else on my website, there will also be a link.
  1. Adams
  2. Antelope
  3. Arthur: Smallest county population in Nebraska (444 people in 2000 Census).
  4. Banner
  5. Blaine
  6. Boone
  7. Box Butte
  8. Boyd
  9. Brown
  10. Buffalo
  11. Burt
  12. Butler
  13. Cass
  14. Cedar
  15. Chase
  16. Cherry: Largest county in Nebraska (5,961 square miles).
  17. Cheyenne
  18. Clay
  19. Colfax
  20. Cuming
  21. Custer
  22. Dakota
  23. Dawes
  24. Dawson
  25. Deuel
  26. Dixon
  27. Dodge
  28. Douglas: Largest county population in Nebraska (463,585 people in 2000 Census); Breckenridge Brewery; Jaipur Brewing Company; Sharky's Brewery; Upstream Brewing Company
  29. Dundy
  30. Fillmore
  31. Franklin
  32. Frontier
  33. Furnas
  34. Gage: Spilker Ales
  35. Garden
  36. Garfield
  37. Gosper
  38. Grant
  39. Greeley
  40. Hall
  41. Hamilton
  42. Harlan
  43. Hayes
  44. Hitchcock
  45. Holt
  46. Hooker
  47. Howard
  48. Jefferson
  49. Johnson
  50. Kearney
  51. Keith
  52. Keya Paha
  53. Kimball
  54. Knox
  55. Lancaster: Crane River Brewpub & Café; Lazlo's Brewery & Grill
  56. Lincoln
  57. Logan
  58. Loup: Last Paved Section of U.S. Highway
  59. Madison
  60. McPherson
  61. Merrick
  62. Morrill
  63. Nance
  64. Nemaha
  65. Nuckolls
  66. Otoe
  67. Pawnee
  68. Perkins
  69. Phelps
  70. Pierce
  71. Platte: Gottberg Brew Pub
  72. Polk
  73. Red Willow
  74. Richardson
  75. Rock: Last Paved Section of U.S. Highway
  76. Saline
  77. Sarpy: Smallest county in Nebraska (241 square miles).
  78. Saunders
  79. Scotts Bluff
  80. Seward
  81. Sheridan
  82. Sherman
  83. Sioux
  84. Stanton
  85. Thayer
  86. Thomas
  87. Thurston
  88. Valley
  89. Washington
  90. Wayne
  91. Webster
  92. Wheeler
  93. York


Sources:

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.


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