Webster County

Also known as Webster County, Nebraska, Webster County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Named after: Daniel Webster
Seat: Red Cloud
Largest city: Red Cloud
Total: 575 sq mi (1,490 km )
Land: 575 sq mi (1,490 km )
Water: 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.02%
Estimate 2025: 3,336
Density: 6.1/sq mi (2.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district

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Webster County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 3,411. Its county seat is Red Cloud. The county was formed in 1871, and was named for Daniel Webster.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Webster County is represented by the prefix 45 (it had the forty-fifth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).