The Nebraska Neighborhood Explorer helps you to research any Nebraska neighborhood (census block group) and get home values, average household income, owner/renter/ occupancy rates, projected growth rates, boundary maps, comparisons to other communities, and much more.
Nebraska State Flower - Goldenrod
The United States acquired the area of Nebraska from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Nebraska Territory was organized on May 30, 1854, from the northwestern part of Missouri Territory (also called Indian Country or Indian Territory). At the time of its organization, the territory included almost all of present-day Nebraska and parts of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The area of the territory was reduced greatly in 1861 with the organization of Colorado and Dakota territories. In 1882, Nebraska acquired from Dakota Territory an area north of the Keya Paha River and Niobrara River to assume generally the same boundary as the present state. Nebraska and Iowa have made periodic adjustments to their boundary as the Missouri River has changed its course.
Census data for Nebraska are available beginning with the 1860 census. The 1860 population is for part of the area of the Nebraska Territory including all of present-day Nebraska, and settlements now within Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming. If the part of Nebraska Territory in 1860 that is in present-day Montana and North Dakota, as well as additional parts of South Dakota, was enumerated, the population was included as part of unorganized Dakota; thus, no accurate data are available for the entire Nebraska Territory as legally defined.
Data for the legally established state of Nebraska are available beginning with the 1870 census.
See: Geographic Terms & Concepts
Interactive Map of Nebraska Counties | Static Overview Map of Nebraska Counties
There are 93 counties in Nebraska. All counties are active governmental entities, each governed by a board of commissioners, except in counties having township governments where each is governed by a board of supervisors.
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Adams County
Antelope County
Arthur County
Banner County
Blaine County
Boone County
Box Butte County
Boyd County
Brown County
Buffalo County
Burt County
Butler County
Cass County
Cedar County
Chase County
Cherry County
Cheyenne County
Clay County
Colfax County
Cuming County
Custer County
Dakota County
Dawes County
Dawson County
Deuel County
Dixon County
Dodge County
Douglas County
Dundy County
Fillmore County
Franklin County
Frontier County
Furnas County
Gage County
Garden County
Garfield County
Gosper County
Grant County
Greeley County
Hall County
Hamilton County
Harlan County
Hayes County
Hitchcock County
Holt County
Hooker County
Howard County
Jefferson County
Johnson County
Kearney County
Keith County
Keya Paha County
Kimball County
Knox County
Lancaster County
Lincoln County
Logan County
Loup County
Madison County
McPherson County
Merrick County
Morrill County
Nance County
Nemaha County
Nuckolls County
Otoe County
Pawnee County
Perkins County
Phelps County
Pierce County
Platte County
Polk County
Red Willow County
Richardson County
Rock County
Saline County
Sarpy County
Saunders County
Scotts Bluff County
Seward County
Sheridan County
Sherman County
Sioux County
Stanton County
Thayer County
Thomas County
Thurston County
Valley County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
York County
There are 1,198 county subdivisions in Nebraska that are known as minor civil divisions (MCDs). There are 27 counties with townships, 64 counties with election precincts, and 2 counties with election districts. There are 435 active functioning townships and 30 inactive townships that have the ability to activate and perform governmental functions. Each township is governed by a board of thirteen elected officials. There are 654 election precincts and election districts which are nonfunctioning, nongovernmental county subdivisions used for conducting elections. There are 77 incorporated places that are independent of MCDs and constitute 79 county subdivisions.
Counties with townships:
Adams
Antelope
Boyd
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Clay
Cuming
Custer
Dixon
Dodge
Fillmore
Franklin
Gage
Hall
Harlan
Holt
Kearney
Knox
Merrick
Nance
Phelps
Platte
Saunders
Thurston
Valley
Washington
Nebraska State Bird - Western Meadowlark
Nebraska has 580 places; 530 incorporated places and 50 census designated places (CDPs). The incorporated places consist of 147 cities and 383 villages. Cities have a minimum population of 801 and villages have a population of 100-800. Incorporated places are dependent within county subdivision. There are 77 cities that are independent of any election precinct or township. Two cities, Tilden and Newman Grove, are independent of any township in one county and of any election precinct in the other. North Platte, Bellevue, La Vista, Papillion, and Springfield cities are coextensive with a single precinct of the same name. Imperial, Kimball, and Gretna cities are coextensive with two precincts. Grant city contains one whole precinct and a portion of one other precinct. Chadron contains four whole precincts and portions of three other precincts.
Alphabetical List of Cities, Towns, CDPs and Other Populated Places A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q, R | S | T | U, V | W, X, Y, Z
Nebraska Civil Features : Political Subdivisions, Native Areas, Land Grants, etc. - sorted by Census Class Codes .
There are 3 Metropolitan and 9 Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Nebraska. NE Metopolitan & Micropolitan Areas
There are 586 ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in Nebraska. View Nebraska ZIP Codes and ZIP Code Maps .
Nebraska has 254 unified school districts. View Nebraska Public and Private Schools .
Nebraska has 3 congressional districts. An interactive map shows the contact information for each Representative as well as the boundaries for each Nebraska district. View Map of Nebraska Congressional Districts .
Nebraska has a unicameral legislature with 49 state senate districts which are represented by the Census Bureau as state legislative districts – upper chamber.
Nebraska has seven federally recognized American Indian areas. There are six reservations, two with off-reservation trust land. There is also one trust land.
