Seward County, Nebraska
Seward County | |
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| 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 after | 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. Its county seat is Seward. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1867. 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).