If you know the name of the town but don't know the county, check the Locations List on the County Unknown site to see if it is listed. See the Note below about some confusing town/county names.
- county online for at least 3 months
- new county
- pages under construction; only queries and/or
minimal information at this site - county online for over 3 months, but has new coordinator.
- county up for adoption. Contact the State Coordinator.
Nebraska became an official territory on May 30, 1854, and then a State on March 1, 1867. You can find more about it's history in our NEGenWeb Project Resource Center.
The dates and parent county columns are as close as we can get them. We have found conflicting resources in some areas, simply because some counties that were organized during Territorial days were either renamed, relocated, or combined with other counties after we became a state, two after 1900. If you have a county name for your ancestor from before 1909, it may not mean that that's the name of the county today. Be sure to check our Locations List for town names. That will give you a county to research today.
To see a list of former County Coordinators (and counties that are up for adoption) please go to Former Coordinators
Special Note: There are a few town names that might be confused with county names. Please double-check that you have the correct county before entering a query for the following towns/counties:
Town County
Buffalo Dawson County not Buffalo Co.
Creighton Knox County
Dawson Richardson County not Dawson Co.
Garfield Lincoln or Valley Co. not Garfield Co.
Grant Perkins County not Grant Co.
Johnson Nemaha County not Johnson Co.
Kearney Buffalo County not Kearney Co.
Lincoln Lancaster County not Lincoln Co.
Loup City Sherman County not Loup Co.
Morrill Scotts Bluff County not Morril Co.
North Loup Valley County not Loup Co.
North Platte Lincoln County not Platte Co.
Pleasant Valley Dodge County not Valley Co.
Sarpy Douglas County not Sarpy Co.
South Sioux City Dakota County not Sioux Co.
Sioux Dakota County not Sioux Co.
Table Rock Pawnee County not Rock Co.
Thayer York County not Thayer Co.
Valley Douglas County not Valley Co.
West Lincoln Lancaster County not Lincoln Co.
Juniata Adams County
Wauneta Chase County
County | County Coordinator | County Seat | Parent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS | Catherine Renschler | HASTINGS | 1867 - Clay |
| ANTELOPE | Linda Ziemann | NELIGH | 1871 - Pierce |
| ARTHUR | David Gochenour II | ARTHUR | 1887- Unorganized Territory |
| BANNER | Judy Leafdale/Sherry Gifford | HARRISBURG | 1888 - Cheyenne |
| BLAINE | | BREWSTER | 1885 - Custer |
| BOONE | | ALBION | 1871 - Platte |
| BOX BUTTE | LaRae Halsey Brooks/Eireann Brooks | ALLIANCE | 1887 - Unorganized Territory |
| BOYD | Linda Ziemann | BUTTE | 1891 - Holt |
| BROWN | Doris Jones-Harris | AINSWORTH | 1883 - Unorganized Territory |
| BUFFALO | Mona Houser | KEARNEY | 1855 - Original County |
| BURT | | TEKAMAH | 1854 - Original County |
| BUTLER | Linda Ziemann | DAVID CITY | 1856 - Unorganized Territory |
| CASS | David Gochenour II | PLATTSMOUTH | 1854 - Original County |
| CEDAR | Kristi Lam/Carol Tramp | HARTINGTON | 1857 - Original County |
| CHASE | | IMPERIAL | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| CHERRY | Doris Jones-Harris | VALENTINE | 1883 - Unorganized Territory |
| CHEYENNE | Bob Jenkins | SIDNEY | 1871 - Lincoln |
| CLAY | | CLAY CENTER | 1871 - new Clay County Old Clay county formed in 1855 later became part of Gage and Lancaster |
| COLFAX | Sherri Brakenhoff | SCHUYLER | 1869 - Dodge |
| CUMING | Carole Meyer | WEST POINT | 1855 - Burt |
| CUSTER | Michael Lewis | BROKEN BOW | 1877 - Unorganized Territory |
| DAKOTA | Greg Brown | DAKOTA CITY | 1855 - Original County |
| DAWES | LaRae Halsey Brooks/Eireann Brooks | CHADRON | 1855 - Sioux |
| DAWSON | | LEXINGTON | 1860 - Buffalo |
| DEUEL | | CHAPPELL | 1888 - Cheyenne |
| DIXON | Robin Mosier | PONCA | 1856 - Original County |
| DODGE | Renee Bunck | FREMONT | 1854 - Original County |
| DOUGLAS | | OMAHA | 1854 - Original County |
| DUNDY | | BENKELMAN | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| FILLMORE | Sharlene Miller | GENEVA | 1856 - Unorganized Territory |
| FRANKLIN | Patti Simpson | FRANKLIN | 1867 - Kearney (org 1871) |
| FRONTIER | | STOCKVILLE | 1872 - Unorganized Territory |
| FURNAS | Tom Corey | BEAVER CITY | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| GAGE | Lori Laird | BEATRICE | 1855 - Original County |
| GARDEN | | OSHKOSH | 1909 - Deuel |
| GARFIELD | | BURWELL | 1884 - Wheeler |
| GOSPER | | ELWOOD | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| GRANT | | HYANNIS | 1887 - Unorganized Territory |
| GREELEY | | GREELEY | 1871 - Boone |
| HALL | | GRAND ISLAND | 1858 - Original County |
| HAMILTON | | AURORA | 1867 - York |
| HARLAN | Patti Simpson | ALMA | 1871 - Unorganized Territory |
| HAYES | Jennifer Stingley | HAYES CENTER | 1877 - Unorganized Territory |
| HITCHCOCK | Jennifer Stingley | TRENTON | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| HOLT | | O'NEILL | 1860 - (once named West) Knox |
| HOOKER | | MULLEN | 1889 - Unorganized Territory |
| HOWARD | Lenise Cook | SAINT PAUL | 1871 - Hall |
| JEFFERSON | | FAIRBURY | 1856 - Gage |
| JOHNSON | Judy Coe | TECUMSEH | 1855 - Original County |
| KEARNEY | Linda Ziemann | MINDEN | 1860 - Original County |
| KEITH | | OGALLALA | 1873 - Unorganized Territory, Lincoln |
| KEYA PAHA | David Gochenour | SPRINGVIEW | 1884 - Holt, then Brown & Rock |
| KIMBALL | | KIMBALL | 1888 - Cheyenne |
| KNOX | Jacquelyn Romberg/Tom Risinger | CENTER | 1873 - L'Eau Qui Court, Emmet (orig. names) |
| LANCASTER | Bob Jenkins | LINCOLN | 1856 - Original County |
| LINCOLN | Bob Jenkins | NORTH PLATTE | 1860 - Unorganized Territory (once named Shorter) |
| LOGAN | | STAPLETON | 1885 - Custer |
| LOUP | | TAYLOR | 1855 - Unorganized Territory Renamed Loup in 1883 |
| MADISON | Bob Jenkins | MADISON | 1856 - Platte |
| MC PHERSON | | TRYON | 1887 - Lincoln, Keith |
| MERRICK | | CENTRAL CITY | 1858 - Original County |
| MORRILL | Floyd Smith III | BRIDGEPORT | 1908 - Cheyenne |
| NANCE | | FULLERTON | 1879 - Merrick |
| NEMAHA | Judy Coe | AUBURN | 1854 - Original County |
| NUCKOLLS | | NELSON | 1860 - Clay |
| OTOE | Bob Jenkins | NEBRASKA CITY | 1854 - Original County |
| PAWNEE | Joan Yates | PAWNEE CITY | 1855 - Original County |
| PERKINS | | GRANT | 1887 - Keith |
| PHELPS | Patti Simpson | HOLDREGE | 1873 - Unorganized Territory |
| PIERCE | Kathleen Carlson | PIERCE | 1856 - Madison |
| PLATTE | Sherri Brakenhoff | COLUMBUS | 1856 - Original County |
| POLK | Beth Sparrow | OSCEOLA | 1856 - Original County Part of York County in Territorial Days |
| RED WILLOW | Tom Corey | MCCOOK | 1873 - Frontier |
| RICHARDSON | Norma Thompson | FALLS CITY | 1854 - Original County |
| ROCK | Susan Blattner | BASSETT | 1857 - Brown |
| SALINE | | 1855 - Gage, Lancaster | |
| SARPY | Lee Marlin Schneider | PAPILLION | 1857 - Original County |
| SAUNDERS | | WAHOO | 1856 - (formerly Calhoun) Sarpy, Douglas |
| SCOTTS BLUFF | Floyd Smith III | GERING | 1881 - Cheyenne |
| SEWARD | Joan Shurtliff | SEWARD | 1855 - (once named Greene) Lancaster |
| SHERIDAN | LaRae Halsey Brooks/Eireann Brooks | RUSHVILLE | 1885 - Sioux |
| SHERMAN | | LOUP CITY | 1871 - Buffalo |
| SIOUX | Floyd Smith III | HARRISON | 1877 - Unorganized Territory |
| STANTON | | STANTON | 1855 - (formerly Izard) Dodge |
| THAYER | | HEBRON | 1871 - Jefferson |
| THOMAS | | THEDFORD | 1887 - Blaine |
| THURSTON | | PENDER | 1865 - (Blackbird Co. - Indian Reservation) Burt |
| VALLEY | | ORD | 1871 - Unorganized Territory |
| WASHINGTON | Eric Willard | BLAIR | 1854 - Original County |
| WAYNE | | WAYNE | 1871 - Thurston |
| WEBSTER | Bob Jenkins | RED CLOUD | 1867 - Unorganized Territory |
| WHEELER | | BARTLETT | 1871 - Boone |
| YORK | Nancy Beach | YORK | 1855 - Original County |
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