Seward County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- March 16, 1855 (created), October 1, 1865 (organized)
- Named after
- William H. Seward
- Seat
- Seward
- Largest city
- Seward
- Total
- 575.886 sq mi (1,491.54 km )
- Land
- 571.431 sq mi (1,480.00 km )
- Water
- 4.455 sq mi (11.54 km ) 0.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,032
- Density
- 30.816/sq mi (11.898/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- sewardcountyne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 17609
- Area
- 1491
- Official website
- www.connectseward.org/cgov
- Image
- Seward County Courthouse, Seward.jpg
- Households
- 6766
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- Commons category
- Seward County, Nebraska
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Seward County
- inception
- 1867-00-00
- per capita income
- 32367
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Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,609, and was estimated to be 18,032 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Seward.
Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE metropolitan area.
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