Counties in Nebraska that I have Visited

There are 93 Counties in Nebraska – “The Cornhusker State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 29 Counties = 31.2% of Counties in Nebraska

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Nebraska

Markers designate the Nebraska locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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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 Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it.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 highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Adams
2. Antelope
3. Arthur: Smallest county population in Nebraska (444 people in 2000 Census); Not Quite Obscure Enough.
4. Banner
5. Blaine: More Land than People, Part 2; Not Quite Obscure Enough
6. Boone
7. Box Butte
8. Boyd: Population: 1
9. Brown
10. Buffalo: Over the Road
11. Burt
12. Butler: Surprise!
13. Cass
14. Cedar: Natural Forces: Magnetism
15. Chase
16. Cherry: Largest county in Nebraska (5,961 square miles); Niobrara River Cowboy Trail Bridge.
17. Cheyenne
18. Clay
19. Colfax: First Name, Surname Symmetry
20. Cuming
21. Custer: Seriously Broken
22. Dakota
23. Dawes: Nebraska State Line
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; Shaped Like it Sounds; Place Name Palindromes; Impressive Pedestrian Bridges
29. Dundy
30. Fillmore
31. Franklin
32. Frontier
33. Furnas
34. Gage: Spilker Ales
35. Garden
36. Garfield
37. Gosper
38. Grant: Not Quite Obscure Enough; Loneliest Road in the USA
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: Golden Spike Tower
57. Logan
58. Loup: Last Paved Section of U.S. Highway; Not Quite Obscure Enough
59. Madison
60. McPherson: Not Quite Obscure Enough
61. Merrick: The Merrick Strip
62. Morrill: Chimney Rock
63. Nance
64. Nemaha: McKissick Island
65. Nuckolls: Triple Letter
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; Between Taylor and Rose
76. Saline
77. Sarpy: Smallest county in Nebraska (241 square miles).
78. Saunders
79. Scotts Bluff: 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

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Quick Facts About Nebraska

• Location: West North Central United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 76,824 square miles. Nebraska is the 15th largest state. The next larger state is Minnesota and the next smaller state is South Dakota.
• Population⁽²⁾: 1,929,268 people. Nebraska is the 37th most populous state. The next more populous state is New Mexico and the next less populous state is Idaho.
• Population Density: 25.1 people per square mile. Nebraska is the 43rd most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Nevada and the next less densely populated state is Idaho.
• 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.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.