Seward County, Nebraska
Seward County, Nebraska | |
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The Seward County Courthouse in Seward | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′19″N 97°08′25″W / 40.871944°N 97.140383°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | March 16, 1855 (created) October 1, 1865 (organized) |
| Named after | William H. Seward |
| Seat | Seward |
| Largest city | Seward |
| Area | |
• Total | 575.886 sq mi (1,491.54 km2) |
| • Land | 571.431 sq mi (1,480.00 km2) |
| • Water | 4.455 sq mi (11.54 km2) 0.77% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,609 |
• Estimate (2024) | 17,769 |
| • Density | 30.816/sq mi (11.898/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 402 and 531 |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | sewardcountyne.gov |
| • Nebraska county number 80 • Nebraska license plate prefix 16 | |
Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,609, and was estimated to be 17,769 in 2024. The county seat and the largest city is Seward.
Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE metropolitan area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County was represented by the prefix "16" (as it had the 16th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).