Johnson County

Also known as Johnson County, Nebraska, Johnson County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: 1855 (founded), 1857 (organized)
Named after: Richard Mentor Johnson
Seat: Tecumseh
Largest city: Tecumseh
Total: 377 sq mi (980 km )
Land: 376 sq mi (970 km )
Water: 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.2%
Estimate 2025: 5,218
Density: 14.1/sq mi (5.43/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 3rd
Website: johnsoncounty .ne .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 5290
Area: 976
Official website: www.co.johnson.ne.us
Image: Johnson County, Nebraska courthouse from W 2.JPG
Households: 1847

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Commons category: Johnson County, Nebraska
inception: 1855-00-00
water as percent of area: 0.2
native label: Johnson County
per capita income: 24145

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Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,290. Its county seat is Tecumseh. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1857. It was named after Richard Mentor Johnson, who was Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. In the Nebraska license plate system, Johnson County is represented by the prefix 57 (it had the fifty-seventh-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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