Burt County

Also known as Burt County, Nebraska, Burt County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: November 23, 1854
Named after: Francis Burt
Seat: Tekamah
Largest city: Tekamah
Total: 497.064 sq mi (1,287.39 km )
Land: 491.587 sq mi (1,273.20 km )
Water: 5.477 sq mi (14.19 km ) 1.10%
Estimate 2025: 6,678
Density: 13.67/sq mi (5.280/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst

Article

Burt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska, bordering the west bank of the upper Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,722, and was estimated to be 6,678 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Tekamah.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Burt County was represented by the prefix "31" (as it had the 31st-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).