Seward County, Nebraska

Seward County
County of Seward
Seward County Courthouse in Seward
Map
Interactive map of Seward County
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
Country United States
State Nebraska
EstablishedMarch 16, 1855
OrganizedOctober 1865
Named forWilliam H. Seward
County seatSeward
Largest citySeward
Area
 • Total576 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Land571 sq mi (1,480 km2)
 • Water4.5 sq mi (12 km2)  0.8%
Highest elevation
1,598 ft (487 m)
Lowest elevation
938 ft (286 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total17,609
 • Density31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code402/531
FIPS code31159
GNIS feature ID835901
Websitecountyofsewardne.com

Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 17,609.[1] Its county seat is Seward.[2] The county was formed in 1855,[3] and was organized in 1867.[4][5] It was originally called Greene County, and in 1862 it was renamed for William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

  1. ^ "Seward County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 131. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Seward County Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey" (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. August 2007. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on July 29, 2003. Retrieved December 19, 2014.