Richardson County

Also known as Richardson County, Nebraska, Richardson County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: 1854 (founded), 1855 (re-authorized)
Named after: William Alexander Richardson
Seat: Falls City
Largest city: Falls City
Total: 555 sq mi (1,440 km )
Land: 552 sq mi (1,430 km )
Water: 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.5%
Estimate 2025: 7,530
Density: 14.3/sq mi (5.51/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
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Richardson County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,871. Its county seat is Falls City.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Richardson County is represented by the prefix 19 (it had the nineteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).