Back مقاطعة سيوارد (نبراسكا) Arabic سیوارد بؤلگهسی، نبراسکا AZB Seward County, Nebraska BAR Сюард (окръг, Небраска) Bulgarian সেৱার্ড কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা BPY Seward Gông (Nebraska) CDO Сьюард (гуо, Небраска) CE Seward County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Nebraska) CEB Seward County, Nebraska Welsh Seward County (Nebraska) German
Seward County | |
|---|---|
| County of Seward | |
 Seward County Courthouse in Seward | |
 Interactive map of Seward County | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Established | March 16, 1855 |
| Organized | October 1865 |
| Named for | William H. Seward |
| County seat | Seward |
| Largest city | Seward |
| Area | |
| • Total | 576 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
| • Land | 571 sq mi (1,480 km2) |
| • Water | 4.5 sq mi (12 km2) 0.8% |
| Highest elevation | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 938 ft (286 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 17,609 |
| • Density | 31/sq mi (12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 402/531 |
| FIPS code | 31159 |
| GNIS feature ID | 835901 |
| Website | countyofsewardne.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).
- ^ "Seward County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 131. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ^ "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) - ^ 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.
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