When many counties were formed, the bills forming the counties did not state the honoree's full name; thus several counties' namesakes are known by only last names. (Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan to be exact.)
County
| FIPS Code
[1] | County seat
[2] | Established
[2] | Origin
| Etymolgy
| License plate prefix
[3] | Population
[2] | Area
[2] | Map
|
| Adams County | 001 | Hastings | 1867 | Un-Organized | John Adams, Founding Father and the second President of the United States | 14 | &0000000000031151.00000031,151 | &0000000000000563.000000563 sq mi
(&0000000000001458.0000001,458 km2) |  |
| Antelope County | 003 | Neligh | 1871 | Un-Organized | Pronghorn, often called antelope | 26 | &0000000000007452.0000007,452 | &0000000000000857.000000857 sq mi
(&0000000000002220.0000002,220 km2) |  |
| Arthur County | 005 | Arthur | 1887 | Un-Organized | Chester A. Arthur, president of the United States | 91 | &0000000000000444.000000444 | &0000000000000715.000000715 sq mi
(&0000000000001852.0000001,852 km2) |  |
| Banner County | 007 | Harrisburg | 1888 | Formed from Cheyenne | Named for the hope of the early settlers to make the county the "banner county" of the state | 85 | &0000000000000819.000000819 | &0000000000000746.000000746 sq mi
(&0000000000001932.0000001,932 km2) |  |
| Blaine County | 009 | Brewster | 1885 | Unorganized | James G. Blaine (1843-1923),U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and Republican candidate in the 1884 presidential election | 86 | &0000000000000583.000000583 | &0000000000000711.000000711 sq mi
(&0000000000001841.0000001,841 km2) |  |
| Boone County | 011 | Albion | 1871 | Unorganized | Daniel Boone | 23 | &0000000000006259.0000006,259 | &0000000000000687.000000687 sq mi
(&0000000000001779.0000001,779 km2) |  |
| Box Butte County | 013 | Alliance | 1887 | Formed from Dawes | Named for a large box-shaped butte located approximately six miles north of Alliance, Nebraska, the county seat. | 65 | &0000000000012158.00000012,158 | &0000000000001075.0000001,075 sq mi
(&0000000000002784.0000002,784 km2) |  |
| Boyd County | 015 | Butte | 1891 | Holt County, and Un-Organized (Indian Territory) | James E. Boyd, the eighth governor of Nebraska | 63 | &0000000000002438.0000002,438 | &0000000000000540.000000540 sq mi
(&0000000000001399.0000001,399 km2) |  |
| Brown County | 017 | Ainsworth | 1883 | Un-Organized | legislater with name of Brown | 75 | &0000000000003525.0000003,525 | &0000000000001221.0000001,221 sq mi
(&0000000000003162.0000003,162 km2) |  |
| Buffalo County | 019 | Kearney | 1855 | Un-Organized | Named for the American Bison which once roamed the present county | 9 | &0000000000042259.00000042,259 | &0000000000000968.000000968 sq mi
(&0000000000002507.0000002,507 km2) |  |
| Burt County | 021 | Tekamah | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | Francis Burt, the first territorial governor of Nebraska who died after two days in office. | 31 | &0000000000007791.0000007,791 | &0000000000000493.000000493 sq mi
(&0000000000001277.0000001,277 km2) |  |
| Butler County | 023 | David City | 1856 | Formed from Greene | David Butler or William Orlando Butler | 25 | &0000000000008767.0000008,767 | &0000000000000584.000000584 sq mi
(&0000000000001513.0000001,513 km2) |  |
| Cass County | 025 | Plattsmouth | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | Lewis Cass, the American statesman and senator from Michigan | 20 | &0000000000024334.00000024,334 | &0000000000000559.000000559 sq mi
(&0000000000001448.0000001,448 km2) |  |
| Cedar County | 027 | Hartington | 1857 | Formed from Dixon and Pierce Counties | Named for the many juniper trees (locally mis-identified as cedars) in the area | 13 | &0000000000009615.0000009,615 | &0000000000000740.000000740 sq mi
(&0000000000001917.0000001,917 km2) |  |
| Chase County | 029 | Imperial | 1873 | Un-Organized | Champion S. Chase, a mayor of Omaha, Nebraska who served as Nebraska's first attorney general | 72 | &0000000000004068.0000004,068 | &0000000000000894.000000894 sq mi
(&0000000000002315.0000002,315 km2) |  |
| Cherry County | 031 | Valentine | 1883 | Un-Organized | Samuel A. Cherry | 66 | &0000000000006148.0000006,148 | &0000000000005961.0000005,961 sq mi
(&0000000000015439.00000015,439 km2) |  |
| Cheyenne County | 033 | Sidney | 1867 | Un-Organized | Named for the Cheyenne Native American tribe | 39 | &0000000000009830.0000009,830 | &0000000000001196.0000001,196 sq mi
(&0000000000003098.0000003,098 km2) |  |
| Clay County | 035 | Clay Center | 1855 | Formed from Un-Organized | Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman and presidential candidate | 30 | &0000000000007039.0000007,039 | &0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi
(&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km2) |  |
| Colfax County | 037 | Schuyler | 1869 | Formed from Platte County | Schuyler Colfax | 43 | &0000000000010441.00000010,441 | &0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi
(&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km2) |  |
| Cuming County | 039 | West Point | 1855 | Formed from Burt County | Thomas B. Cuming | 24 | &0000000000010203.00000010,203 | &0000000000000572.000000572 sq mi
(&0000000000001481.0000001,481 km2) |  |
| Custer County | 041 | Broken Bow | 1877 | Un-Organized | George Armstrong Custer | 4 | &0000000000011793.00000011,793 | &0000000000002576.0000002,576 sq mi
(&0000000000006672.0000006,672 km2) |  |
| Dakota County | 043 | Dakota City | 1855 | Formed from Burt County | Named for the Dakota branch of the Sioux Native American tribe | 70 | &0000000000020253.00000020,253 | &0000000000000264.000000264 sq mi
(&0000000000000684.000000684 km2) |  |
| Dawes County | 045 | Chadron | 1885 | Formed from Sioux County | James W. Dawes, the sixth governor of Nebraska | 69 | &0000000000009060.0000009,060 | &0000000000001396.0000001,396 sq mi
(&0000000000003616.0000003,616 km2) |  |
| Dawson County | 047 | Lexington | 1860 | Un-Organized | Jacob Dawson, who was the first postmaster in the settlement of Lancaster, which is present-day Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital | 18 | &0000000000024365.00000024,365 | &0000000000001013.0000001,013 sq mi
(&0000000000002624.0000002,624 km2) |  |
| Deuel County | 049 | Chappell | 1888 | Formed from Cheyenne County | Deuel family | 78 | &0000000000002098.0000002,098 | &0000000000000440.000000440 sq mi
(&0000000000001140.0000001,140 km2) |  |
| Dixon County | 051 | Ponca | 1856 | Formed from Blackbird County, Izard County and Un-Organized | Dixon family | 35 | &0000000000006339.0000006,339 | &0000000000000476.000000476 sq mi
(&0000000000001233.0000001,233 km2) |  |
| Dodge County | 053 | Fremont | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | Augustus Caesar Dodge, a United States senator from Iowa who was a supporter of the Kansas-Nebraska Act | 5 | &0000000000036160.00000036,160 | &0000000000000534.000000534 sq mi
(&0000000000001383.0000001,383 km2) |  |
| Douglas County | 055 | Omaha | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | Stephen Arnold Douglas, the American statesman, U. S. senator, and presidential candidate | 1 | &0000000000463585.000000463,585 | &0000000000000331.000000331 sq mi
(&0000000000000857.000000857 km2) |  |
| Dundy County | 057 | Benkelman | 1873 | Un-Organized | Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. Circuit Court judge from Nebraska | 76 | &0000000000002292.0000002,292 | &0000000000000920.000000920 sq mi
(&0000000000002383.0000002,383 km2) |  |
| Fillmore County | 059 | Geneva | 1856 | Formed from Jackson County and Un-Organized | Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States | 34 | &0000000000006634.0000006,634 | &0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi
(&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km2) |  |
| Franklin County | 061 | Franklin | 1867 | Formed from Kearney | Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father, printer, scientist, and diplomat | 50 | &0000000000003574.0000003,574 | &0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi
(&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km2) |  |
| Frontier County | 063 | Stockville | 1872 | Un-organized | Named for the fact that it was located in what was referred to at that time as part of the Nebraska frontier | 60 | &0000000000003099.0000003,099 | &0000000000000975.000000975 sq mi
(&0000000000002525.0000002,525 km2) |  |
| Furnas County | 065 | Beaver City | 1873 | Un-Organized | Robert Wilkinson Furnas, the third governor of Nebraska | 38 | &0000000000005324.0000005,324 | &0000000000000718.000000718 sq mi
(&0000000000001860.0000001,860 km2) |  |
| Gage County | 067 | Beatrice | 1855 | Un-Organized | William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as chaplain of the state legislature at the time the county was established | 3 | &0000000000022993.00000022,993 | &0000000000000855.000000855 sq mi
(&0000000000002214.0000002,214 km2) |  |
| Garden County | 069 | Oshkosh | 1910 | Formed from Deuel County | Named for the hopes of two real estate agents and citizens of the county seat, Oshkosh, Nebraska, that the county would be the "garden spot of the west" | 77 | &0000000000002292.0000002,292 | &0000000000001705.0000001,705 sq mi
(&0000000000004416.0000004,416 km2) |  |
| Garfield County | 071 | Burwell | 1884 | Formed from Wheeler County | James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States | 83 | &0000000000001902.0000001,902 | &0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi
(&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km2) |  |
| Gosper County | 073 | Elwood | 1873 | Un-Organized | John J. Gosper, the secretary of state for Nebraska at the time of the county's formation | 73 | &0000000000002143.0000002,143 | &0000000000000458.000000458 sq mi
(&0000000000001186.0000001,186 km2) |  |
| Grant County | 075 | Hyannis | 1887 | Un-Organized | Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States and American Civil War general | 92 | &0000000000000747.000000747 | &0000000000000776.000000776 sq mi
(&0000000000002010.0000002,010 km2) |  |
| Greeley County | 077 | Greeley | 1871 | Un-Organized | Horace Greeley, the pioneering American journalist | 62 | &0000000000002714.0000002,714 | &0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi
(&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km2) |  |
| Hall County | 079 | Grand Island | 1858 | Un-Organized | Augustus Hall, the chief justice of the Territorial Supreme Court at the time the county was created | 8 | &0000000000053534.00000053,534 | &0000000000000546.000000546 sq mi
(&0000000000001414.0000001,414 km2) |  |
| Hamilton County | 081 | Aurora | 1867 | Un-Organized | Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury | 28 | &0000000000009403.0000009,403 | &0000000000000544.000000544 sq mi
(&0000000000001409.0000001,409 km2) |  |
| Harlan County | 083 | Alma | 1871 | Formed from Kearney | James Harlan, who was the United States Secretary of the Interior in 1865 and 1866; or a revenue collector by the name of Harlan who once lived near Republican City, Nebraska | 51 | &0000000000003786.0000003,786 | &0000000000000553.000000553 sq mi
(&0000000000001432.0000001,432 km2) |  |
| Hayes County | 085 | Hayes Center | 1877 | Un-Organized | Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the nineteenth president of the United States | 79 | &0000000000001068.0000001,068 | &0000000000000713.000000713 sq mi
(&0000000000001847.0000001,847 km2) |  |
| Hitchcock County | 087 | Trenton | 1873 | Un-Organized | Phineas Warren Hitchcock, a U.S. Senator from Nebraska | 67 | &0000000000003111.0000003,111 | &0000000000000710.000000710 sq mi
(&0000000000001839.0000001,839 km2) |  |
| Holt County | 089 | O'Neill | 1860 | Un-Organized (Formally- West County) | Joseph Holt, a U.S. Postmaster General and U.S. Secretary of War under James Buchanan | 36 | &0000000000011551.00000011,551 | &0000000000002413.0000002,413 sq mi
(&0000000000006250.0000006,250 km2) |  |
| Hooker County | 091 | Mullen | 1889 | Un-Organized | Joseph Hooker, an American Civil War general | 93 | &0000000000000783.000000783 | &0000000000000721.000000721 sq mi
(&0000000000001867.0000001,867 km2) |  |
| Howard County | 093 | Saint Paul | 1871 | Formed from Hall County | Oliver Otis Howard, an American Civil War general | 49 | &0000000000006567.0000006,567 | &0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi
(&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km2) |  |
| Jefferson County | 095 | Fairbury | 1856 | Un-organized | Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States | 33 | &0000000000008333.0000008,333 | &0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi
(&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km2) |  |
| Johnson County | 097 | Tecumseh | 1857 | Formed from Nemaha and Otoe Counties | Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth vice president of the United States | 57 | &0000000000004488.0000004,488 | &0000000000000376.000000376 sq mi
(&0000000000000974.000000974 km2) |  |
| Kearney County | 099 | Minden | 1860 | Un-Organized | Named for Fort Kearny - when the county was created the fort's name was misspelled | 52 | &0000000000006882.0000006,882 | &0000000000000516.000000516 sq mi
(&0000000000001336.0000001,336 km2) |  |
| Keith County | 101 | Ogallala | 1873 | Un-Organized | M. C. Keith, who owned one of the largest ranches in western Nebraska at the time | 68 | &0000000000008875.0000008,875 | &0000000000001061.0000001,061 sq mi
(&0000000000002748.0000002,748 km2) |  |
| Keya Paha County | 103 | Springview | 1884 | Formed from Brown County and Un-Organized (Indian Territory) | Dakota words Ké-ya Pa-há Wa-kpá, which, translated, mean turtle hill river | 82 | &0000000000000983.000000983 | &0000000000000773.000000773 sq mi
(&0000000000002002.0000002,002 km2) |  |
| Kimball County | 105 | Kimball | 1888 | Formed from Cheyenne County | Thomas L. Kimball, an official of the Union Pacific Railroad | 71 | &0000000000004089.0000004,089 | &0000000000000952.000000952 sq mi
(&0000000000002466.0000002,466 km2) |  |
| Knox County | 107 | Center | 1857 | Formed from Pierce County and Un-Organized (Formal names-L'Eau Qui Court (1857-1867) and Emmet (1867-1873)) | Henry Knox, the first United States Secretary of War | 12 | &0000000000009374.0000009,374 | &0000000000001108.0000001,108 sq mi
(&0000000000002870.0000002,870 km2) |  |
| Lancaster County | 109 | Lincoln | 1855 | Formed from Cass, and Pierce Counties | The cities of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Lancaster, England. | 2 | &0000000000250291.000000250,291 | &0000000000000839.000000839 sq mi
(&0000000000002173.0000002,173 km2) |  |
| Lincoln County | 111 | North Platte | 1860 | Un-Organized (Formally Shorter County) | Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States | 15 | &0000000000034632.00000034,632 | &0000000000002564.0000002,564 sq mi
(&0000000000006641.0000006,641 km2) |  |
| Logan County | 113 | Stapleton | 1885 | Un-Organized | John Alexander Logan, a general in the American Civil War | 87 | &0000000000000774.000000774 | &0000000000000571.000000571 sq mi
(&0000000000001479.0000001,479 km2) |  |
| Loup County | 115 | Taylor | 1883 | Un-Organized | Loup River which in turn is named for the French word loup which means wolf | 88 | &0000000000000712.000000712 | &0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi
(&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km2) |  |
| Madison County | 119 | Madison | 1856 | Formed from Loup County and McNeale Counties and Un-Organized | Either James Madison, the fourth president of the United States; or, more likely, Madison, Wisconsin, where most of the new county's settlers were from | 7 | &0000000000035226.00000035,226 | &0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi
(&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km2) |  |
| McPherson County | 117 | Tryon | 1887 | Un-Organized | James Birdseye McPherson, a general in the American Civil War | 90 | &0000000000000533.000000533 | &0000000000000859.000000859 sq mi
(&0000000000002225.0000002,225 km2) |  |
| Merrick County | 121 | Central City | 1858 | Formed from Polk County and Un-Organized | Elvira Merrick, wife of Henry W. DePuy, a territorial legislator | 46 | &0000000000008204.0000008,204 | &0000000000000485.000000485 sq mi
(&0000000000001256.0000001,256 km2) |  |
| Morrill County | 123 | Bridgeport | 1908 | Formed from Cheyenne County | Charles H. Morrill, a president of the Lincoln Land Company | 64 | &0000000000005440.0000005,440 | &0000000000001424.0000001,424 sq mi
(&0000000000003688.0000003,688 km2) |  |
| Nance County | 125 | Fullerton | 1879 | Formed from Pawnee Reservation | Albinus Nance, the fifth governor of Nebraska | 58 | &0000000000004038.0000004,038 | &0000000000000441.000000441 sq mi
(&0000000000001142.0000001,142 km2) |  |
| Nemaha County | 127 | Auburn | 1854 | One of Nine original counties (Formally Forney) | Nimaha, the Oto name meaning miry water for a stream which crossed the county and emptied into the Missouri River | 44 | &0000000000007576.0000007,576 | &0000000000000409.000000409 sq mi
(&0000000000001059.0000001,059 km2) |  |
| Nuckolls County | 129 | Nelson | 1860 | Un-Organized | Lafayette Nuckolls, a member of the first Nebraska territorial legislature; and his brother, Stephen Nuckolls, a pioneer Nebraska settler, businessman and banker | 42 | &0000000000005057.0000005,057 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| Otoe County | 131 | Nebraska City | 1854 | One of nine Original Counties (Formally Pierce) | Oto (also Otoe) Native American tribe | 11 | &0000000000015396.00000015,396 | &0000000000000616.000000616 sq mi
(&0000000000001595.0000001,595 km2) |  |
| Pawnee County | 133 | Pawnee City | 1855 | Formed from Richardson County | Pawnee Native American tribe | 54 | &0000000000003087.0000003,087 | &0000000000000432.000000432 sq mi
(&0000000000001119.0000001,119 km2) |  |
| Perkins County | 135 | Grant | 1887 | Formed from Kieth County | Charles E. Perkins, a president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; or Joseph Perkins, a former resident of Grant, Nebraska | 74 | &0000000000003200.0000003,200 | &0000000000000883.000000883 sq mi
(&0000000000002287.0000002,287 km2) |  |
| Phelps County | 137 | Holdrege | 1873 | Formed from Kearney County | William Phelps, a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River who is alleged to have settled in the area | 37 | &0000000000009747.0000009,747 | &0000000000000540.000000540 sq mi
(&0000000000001399.0000001,399 km2) |  |
| Pierce County | 139 | Pierce | 1856 | Formed from Izard County, McNeale County and Un-Organized | Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States | 40 | &0000000000007857.0000007,857 | &0000000000000574.000000574 sq mi
(&0000000000001487.0000001,487 km2) |  |
| Platte County | 141 | Columbus | 1856 | Formed from Greene and Loup Counties | Platte River which is in turn named for the French word for flat platte | 10 | &0000000000031662.00000031,662 | &0000000000000678.000000678 sq mi
(&0000000000001756.0000001,756 km2) |  |
| Polk County | 143 | Osceola | 1856 | Formed from York County and Un-Organized | James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States | 41 | &0000000000005639.0000005,639 | &0000000000000439.000000439 sq mi
(&0000000000001137.0000001,137 km2) |  |
| Red Willow County | 145 | McCook | 1873 | Un-Organized | Red Willow Creek, which runs through the area | 48 | &0000000000011448.00000011,448 | &0000000000000717.000000717 sq mi
(&0000000000001857.0000001,857 km2) |  |
| Richardson County | 147 | Falls City | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | William A. Richardson, a governor of the Nebraska Territory | 19 | &0000000000009531.0000009,531 | &0000000000000554.000000554 sq mi
(&0000000000001435.0000001,435 km2) |  |
| Rock County | 149 | Bassett | 1885 | Formed from Brown County | Either Rock Creek, which flows in the county; or the rocky condition of the soil in the area | 81 | &0000000000001756.0000001,756 | &0000000000001008.0000001,008 sq mi
(&0000000000002611.0000002,611 km2) |  |
| Saline County | 151 | Wilber | 1867 | Un-organized | 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 | 22 | &0000000000013843.00000013,843 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| Sarpy County | 153 | Papillion | 1857 | Formed from Cass and Douglas Counties | Peter A. Sarpy, a commander of a trading post in the future county | 59 | &0000000000122595.000000122,595 | &0000000000000241.000000241 sq mi
(&0000000000000624.000000624 km2) |  |
| Saunders County | 155 | Wahoo | 1856 | Formed from Douglas and Lancaster (Formally Calhoun County (1856-1865)) | Alvin Saunders, a governor of the Nebraska Territory | 6 | &0000000000019830.00000019,830 | &0000000000000754.000000754 sq mi
(&0000000000001953.0000001,953 km2) |  |
| Scotts Bluff County | 157 | Gering | 1888 | Formed from Cheyenne County | Named for a towering bluff located in the Scotts Bluff National Monument, named in turn for Hiram Scott, a fur trapper who is alleged to have crawled seventy-five miles with a broken leg before collapsing and dying at the foot of the bluff | 21 | &0000000000036951.00000036,951 | &0000000000000739.000000739 sq mi
(&0000000000001914.0000001,914 km2) |  |
| Seward County | 159 | Seward | 1855 | Formed from Cass and Pierce Counties (Formally- Greene County) | William Henry Seward, the United States Secretary of State during the 1860s | 16 | &0000000000016496.00000016,496 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| Sheridan County | 161 | Rushville | 1885 | Formed from Sioux County | Philip Henry Sheridan, a general in the American Civil War | 61 | &0000000000006198.0000006,198 | &0000000000002441.0000002,441 sq mi
(&0000000000006322.0000006,322 km2) |  |
| Sherman County | 163 | Loup City | 1871 | Formed from Buffalo County and Un-Organized | William Tecumseh Sherman, the American Civil War general | 56 | &0000000000003318.0000003,318 | &0000000000000566.000000566 sq mi
(&0000000000001466.0000001,466 km2) |  |
| Sioux County | 165 | Harrison | 1877 | Un-Organized | Sioux Native American tribe | 80 | &0000000000001475.0000001,475 | &0000000000002067.0000002,067 sq mi
(&0000000000005354.0000005,354 km2) |  |
| Stanton County | 167 | Stanton | 1855 | Formed from Burt County (Formally Izard County) | Edwin McMasters Stanton, the United States Secretary of War during most of the American Civil War | 53 | &0000000000006455.0000006,455 | &0000000000000430.000000430 sq mi
(&0000000000001114.0000001,114 km2) |  |
| Thayer County | 169 | Hebron | 1871 | Formed from Jefferson County | John Milton Thayer, the seventh governor of Nebraska | 32 | &0000000000006055.0000006,055 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| Thomas County | 171 | Thedford | 1887 | Un-Organized | George Henry Thomas, a general in the American Civil War | 89 | &0000000000000729.000000729 | &0000000000000713.000000713 sq mi
(&0000000000001847.0000001,847 km2) |  |
| Thurston County | 173 | Pender | 1889 | Formed form Blackbird County and Omaha Reservation | John Mellen Thurston, a U. S. senator from Nebraska | 55 | &0000000000007171.0000007,171 | &0000000000000394.000000394 sq mi
(&0000000000001020.0000001,020 km2) |  |
| Valley County | 175 | Ord | 1871 | Un-Organized | Named for the many valleys in the area | 47 | &0000000000004647.0000004,647 | &0000000000000568.000000568 sq mi
(&0000000000001471.0000001,471 km2) |  |
| Washington County | 177 | Blair | 1854 | One of Nine Original Counties | George Washington, the first president of the United States | 29 | &0000000000018780.00000018,780 | &0000000000000390.000000390 sq mi
(&0000000000001010.0000001,010 km2) |  |
| Wayne County | 179 | Wayne | 1867 | Un-Organized | Anthony Wayne, the American Revolutionary War general nicknamed "Mad Anthony" by his troops | 27 | &0000000000009851.0000009,851 | &0000000000000444.000000444 sq mi
(&0000000000001150.0000001,150 km2) |  |
| Webster County | 181 | Red Cloud | 1867 | Un-organized | Daniel Webster, the American statesman | 45 | &0000000000004061.0000004,061 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| Wheeler County | 183 | Bartlett | 1877 | Un-Organized | Daniel H. Wheeler, a secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture | 84 | &0000000000000886.000000886 | &0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi
(&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km2) |  |
| York County | 185 | York | 1855 | Formed from Cass County, Pierce County and Un-Organized | Named for either York, England, or York County, Pennsylvania | 17 | &0000000000014598.00000014,598 | &0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi
(&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km2) |  |
