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The following is a list of the 93 counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska, listed by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix.

Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.

When many counties were formed, the bills forming the counties did not state the honoree's full name; thus several counties' namesakes are known by only last names. (Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan to be exact.)

Map of Nebraska counties with license plate prefixes

Nebraska counties by license plate prefix

Starting with the 2002 license plate series, plates issued in Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy use an "ABC 123" numbering sequence. Plates with prefixes in those counties are available at additional cost.

County list

County	FIPS Code [1]	County seat [2]	Established [2]	Origin	Etymolgy	License plate prefix [3]	Population [2]	Area [2]	Map
Adams County	001	Hastings	1867	Un-Organized	John Adams, Founding Father and the second President of the United States	14	&0000000000031151.00000031,151	&0000000000000563.000000563 sq mi (&0000000000001458.0000001,458 km 2)
Antelope County	003	Neligh	1871	Un-Organized	Pronghorn, often called antelope	26	&0000000000007452.0000007,452	&0000000000000857.000000857 sq mi (&0000000000002220.0000002,220 km 2)
Arthur County	005	Arthur	1887	Un-Organized	Chester A. Arthur, president of the United States	91	&0000000000000444.000000444	&0000000000000715.000000715 sq mi (&0000000000001852.0000001,852 km 2)
Banner County	007	Harrisburg	1888	Formed from Cheyenne	Named for the hope of the early settlers to make the county the "banner county" of the state	85	&0000000000000819.000000819	&0000000000000746.000000746 sq mi (&0000000000001932.0000001,932 km 2)
Blaine County	009	Brewster	1885	Unorganized	James G. Blaine (1843-1923),U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and Republican candidate in the 1884 presidential election	86	&0000000000000583.000000583	&0000000000000711.000000711 sq mi (&0000000000001841.0000001,841 km 2)
Boone County	011	Albion	1871	Unorganized	Daniel Boone	23	&0000000000006259.0000006,259	&0000000000000687.000000687 sq mi (&0000000000001779.0000001,779 km 2)
Box Butte County	013	Alliance	1887	Formed from Dawes	Named for a large box-shaped butte located approximately six miles north of Alliance, Nebraska, the county seat.	65	&0000000000012158.00000012,158	&0000000000001075.0000001,075 sq mi (&0000000000002784.0000002,784 km 2)
Boyd County	015	Butte	1891	Holt County, and Un-Organized (Indian Territory)	James E. Boyd, the eighth governor of Nebraska	63	&0000000000002438.0000002,438	&0000000000000540.000000540 sq mi (&0000000000001399.0000001,399 km 2)
Brown County	017	Ainsworth	1883	Un-Organized	legislater with name of Brown	75	&0000000000003525.0000003,525	&0000000000001221.0000001,221 sq mi (&0000000000003162.0000003,162 km 2)
Buffalo County	019	Kearney	1855	Un-Organized	Named for the American Bison which once roamed the present county	9	&0000000000042259.00000042,259	&0000000000000968.000000968 sq mi (&0000000000002507.0000002,507 km 2)
Burt County	021	Tekamah	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	Francis Burt, the first territorial governor of Nebraska who died after two days in office.	31	&0000000000007791.0000007,791	&0000000000000493.000000493 sq mi (&0000000000001277.0000001,277 km 2)
Butler County	023	David City	1856	Formed from Greene	David Butler or William Orlando Butler	25	&0000000000008767.0000008,767	&0000000000000584.000000584 sq mi (&0000000000001513.0000001,513 km 2)
Cass County	025	Plattsmouth	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	Lewis Cass, the American statesman and senator from Michigan	20	&0000000000024334.00000024,334	&0000000000000559.000000559 sq mi (&0000000000001448.0000001,448 km 2)
Cedar County	027	Hartington	1857	Formed from Dixon and Pierce Counties	Named for the many juniper trees (locally mis-identified as cedars) in the area	13	&0000000000009615.0000009,615	&0000000000000740.000000740 sq mi (&0000000000001917.0000001,917 km 2)
Chase County	029	Imperial	1873	Un-Organized	Champion S. Chase, a mayor of Omaha, Nebraska who served as Nebraska's first attorney general	72	&0000000000004068.0000004,068	&0000000000000894.000000894 sq mi (&0000000000002315.0000002,315 km 2)
Cherry County	031	Valentine	1883	Un-Organized	Samuel A. Cherry	66	&0000000000006148.0000006,148	&0000000000005961.0000005,961 sq mi (&0000000000015439.00000015,439 km 2)
Cheyenne County	033	Sidney	1867	Un-Organized	Named for the Cheyenne Native American tribe	39	&0000000000009830.0000009,830	&0000000000001196.0000001,196 sq mi (&0000000000003098.0000003,098 km 2)
Clay County	035	Clay Center	1855	Formed from Un-Organized	Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman and presidential candidate	30	&0000000000007039.0000007,039	&0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi (&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km 2)
Colfax County	037	Schuyler	1869	Formed from Platte County	Schuyler Colfax	43	&0000000000010441.00000010,441	&0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi (&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km 2)
Cuming County	039	West Point	1855	Formed from Burt County	Thomas B. Cuming	24	&0000000000010203.00000010,203	&0000000000000572.000000572 sq mi (&0000000000001481.0000001,481 km 2)
Custer County	041	Broken Bow	1877	Un-Organized	George Armstrong Custer	4	&0000000000011793.00000011,793	&0000000000002576.0000002,576 sq mi (&0000000000006672.0000006,672 km 2)
Dakota County	043	Dakota City	1855	Formed from Burt County	Named for the Dakota branch of the Sioux Native American tribe	70	&0000000000020253.00000020,253	&0000000000000264.000000264 sq mi (&0000000000000684.000000684 km 2)
Dawes County	045	Chadron	1885	Formed from Sioux County	James W. Dawes, the sixth governor of Nebraska	69	&0000000000009060.0000009,060	&0000000000001396.0000001,396 sq mi (&0000000000003616.0000003,616 km 2)
Dawson County	047	Lexington	1860	Un-Organized	Jacob Dawson, who was the first postmaster in the settlement of Lancaster, which is present-day Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital	18	&0000000000024365.00000024,365	&0000000000001013.0000001,013 sq mi (&0000000000002624.0000002,624 km 2)
Deuel County	049	Chappell	1888	Formed from Cheyenne County	Deuel family	78	&0000000000002098.0000002,098	&0000000000000440.000000440 sq mi (&0000000000001140.0000001,140 km 2)
Dixon County	051	Ponca	1856	Formed from Blackbird County, Izard County and Un-Organized	Dixon family	35	&0000000000006339.0000006,339	&0000000000000476.000000476 sq mi (&0000000000001233.0000001,233 km 2)
Dodge County	053	Fremont	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	Augustus Caesar Dodge, a United States senator from Iowa who was a supporter of the Kansas-Nebraska Act	5	&0000000000036160.00000036,160	&0000000000000534.000000534 sq mi (&0000000000001383.0000001,383 km 2)
Douglas County	055	Omaha	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	Stephen Arnold Douglas, the American statesman, U. S. senator, and presidential candidate	1	&0000000000463585.000000463,585	&0000000000000331.000000331 sq mi (&0000000000000857.000000857 km 2)
Dundy County	057	Benkelman	1873	Un-Organized	Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. Circuit Court judge from Nebraska	76	&0000000000002292.0000002,292	&0000000000000920.000000920 sq mi (&0000000000002383.0000002,383 km 2)
Fillmore County	059	Geneva	1856	Formed from Jackson County and Un-Organized	Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States	34	&0000000000006634.0000006,634	&0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi (&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km 2)
Franklin County	061	Franklin	1867	Formed from Kearney	Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father, printer, scientist, and diplomat	50	&0000000000003574.0000003,574	&0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi (&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km 2)
Frontier County	063	Stockville	1872	Un-organized	Named for the fact that it was located in what was referred to at that time as part of the Nebraska frontier	60	&0000000000003099.0000003,099	&0000000000000975.000000975 sq mi (&0000000000002525.0000002,525 km 2)
Furnas County	065	Beaver City	1873	Un-Organized	Robert Wilkinson Furnas, the third governor of Nebraska	38	&0000000000005324.0000005,324	&0000000000000718.000000718 sq mi (&0000000000001860.0000001,860 km 2)
Gage County	067	Beatrice	1855	Un-Organized	William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as chaplain of the state legislature at the time the county was established	3	&0000000000022993.00000022,993	&0000000000000855.000000855 sq mi (&0000000000002214.0000002,214 km 2)
Garden County	069	Oshkosh	1910	Formed from Deuel County	Named for the hopes of two real estate agents and citizens of the county seat, Oshkosh, Nebraska, that the county would be the "garden spot of the west"	77	&0000000000002292.0000002,292	&0000000000001705.0000001,705 sq mi (&0000000000004416.0000004,416 km 2)
Garfield County	071	Burwell	1884	Formed from Wheeler County	James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States	83	&0000000000001902.0000001,902	&0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi (&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km 2)
Gosper County	073	Elwood	1873	Un-Organized	John J. Gosper, the secretary of state for Nebraska at the time of the county's formation	73	&0000000000002143.0000002,143	&0000000000000458.000000458 sq mi (&0000000000001186.0000001,186 km 2)
Grant County	075	Hyannis	1887	Un-Organized	Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States and American Civil War general	92	&0000000000000747.000000747	&0000000000000776.000000776 sq mi (&0000000000002010.0000002,010 km 2)
Greeley County	077	Greeley	1871	Un-Organized	Horace Greeley, the pioneering American journalist	62	&0000000000002714.0000002,714	&0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi (&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km 2)
Hall County	079	Grand Island	1858	Un-Organized	Augustus Hall, the chief justice of the Territorial Supreme Court at the time the county was created	8	&0000000000053534.00000053,534	&0000000000000546.000000546 sq mi (&0000000000001414.0000001,414 km 2)
Hamilton County	081	Aurora	1867	Un-Organized	Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury	28	&0000000000009403.0000009,403	&0000000000000544.000000544 sq mi (&0000000000001409.0000001,409 km 2)
Harlan County	083	Alma	1871	Formed from Kearney	James Harlan, who was the United States Secretary of the Interior in 1865 and 1866; or a revenue collector by the name of Harlan who once lived near Republican City, Nebraska	51	&0000000000003786.0000003,786	&0000000000000553.000000553 sq mi (&0000000000001432.0000001,432 km 2)
Hayes County	085	Hayes Center	1877	Un-Organized	Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the nineteenth president of the United States	79	&0000000000001068.0000001,068	&0000000000000713.000000713 sq mi (&0000000000001847.0000001,847 km 2)
Hitchcock County	087	Trenton	1873	Un-Organized	Phineas Warren Hitchcock, a U.S. Senator from Nebraska	67	&0000000000003111.0000003,111	&0000000000000710.000000710 sq mi (&0000000000001839.0000001,839 km 2)
Holt County	089	O'Neill	1860	Un-Organized (Formally- West County)	Joseph Holt, a U.S. Postmaster General and U.S. Secretary of War under James Buchanan	36	&0000000000011551.00000011,551	&0000000000002413.0000002,413 sq mi (&0000000000006250.0000006,250 km 2)
Hooker County	091	Mullen	1889	Un-Organized	Joseph Hooker, an American Civil War general	93	&0000000000000783.000000783	&0000000000000721.000000721 sq mi (&0000000000001867.0000001,867 km 2)
Howard County	093	Saint Paul	1871	Formed from Hall County	Oliver Otis Howard, an American Civil War general	49	&0000000000006567.0000006,567	&0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi (&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km 2)
Jefferson County	095	Fairbury	1856	Un-organized	Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States	33	&0000000000008333.0000008,333	&0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi (&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km 2)
Johnson County	097	Tecumseh	1857	Formed from Nemaha and Otoe Counties	Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth vice president of the United States	57	&0000000000004488.0000004,488	&0000000000000376.000000376 sq mi (&0000000000000974.000000974 km 2)
Kearney County	099	Minden	1860	Un-Organized	Named for Fort Kearny - when the county was created the fort's name was misspelled	52	&0000000000006882.0000006,882	&0000000000000516.000000516 sq mi (&0000000000001336.0000001,336 km 2)
Keith County	101	Ogallala	1873	Un-Organized	M. C. Keith, who owned one of the largest ranches in western Nebraska at the time	68	&0000000000008875.0000008,875	&0000000000001061.0000001,061 sq mi (&0000000000002748.0000002,748 km 2)
Keya Paha County	103	Springview	1884	Formed from Brown County and Un-Organized (Indian Territory)	Dakota words Ké-ya Pa-há Wa-kpá, which, translated, mean turtle hill river	82	&0000000000000983.000000983	&0000000000000773.000000773 sq mi (&0000000000002002.0000002,002 km 2)
Kimball County	105	Kimball	1888	Formed from Cheyenne County	Thomas L. Kimball, an official of the Union Pacific Railroad	71	&0000000000004089.0000004,089	&0000000000000952.000000952 sq mi (&0000000000002466.0000002,466 km 2)
Knox County	107	Center	1857	Formed from Pierce County and Un-Organized (Formal names-L'Eau Qui Court (1857-1867) and Emmet (1867-1873))	Henry Knox, the first United States Secretary of War	12	&0000000000009374.0000009,374	&0000000000001108.0000001,108 sq mi (&0000000000002870.0000002,870 km 2)
Lancaster County	109	Lincoln	1855	Formed from Cass, and Pierce Counties	The cities of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Lancaster, England.	2	&0000000000250291.000000250,291	&0000000000000839.000000839 sq mi (&0000000000002173.0000002,173 km 2)
Lincoln County	111	North Platte	1860	Un-Organized (Formally Shorter County)	Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States	15	&0000000000034632.00000034,632	&0000000000002564.0000002,564 sq mi (&0000000000006641.0000006,641 km 2)
Logan County	113	Stapleton	1885	Un-Organized	John Alexander Logan, a general in the American Civil War	87	&0000000000000774.000000774	&0000000000000571.000000571 sq mi (&0000000000001479.0000001,479 km 2)
Loup County	115	Taylor	1883	Un-Organized	Loup River which in turn is named for the French word loup which means wolf	88	&0000000000000712.000000712	&0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi (&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km 2)
Madison County	119	Madison	1856	Formed from Loup County and McNeale Counties and Un-Organized	Either James Madison, the fourth president of the United States; or, more likely, Madison, Wisconsin, where most of the new county's settlers were from	7	&0000000000035226.00000035,226	&0000000000000573.000000573 sq mi (&0000000000001484.0000001,484 km 2)
McPherson County	117	Tryon	1887	Un-Organized	James Birdseye McPherson, a general in the American Civil War	90	&0000000000000533.000000533	&0000000000000859.000000859 sq mi (&0000000000002225.0000002,225 km 2)
Merrick County	121	Central City	1858	Formed from Polk County and Un-Organized	Elvira Merrick, wife of Henry W. DePuy, a territorial legislator	46	&0000000000008204.0000008,204	&0000000000000485.000000485 sq mi (&0000000000001256.0000001,256 km 2)
Morrill County	123	Bridgeport	1908	Formed from Cheyenne County	Charles H. Morrill, a president of the Lincoln Land Company	64	&0000000000005440.0000005,440	&0000000000001424.0000001,424 sq mi (&0000000000003688.0000003,688 km 2)
Nance County	125	Fullerton	1879	Formed from Pawnee Reservation	Albinus Nance, the fifth governor of Nebraska	58	&0000000000004038.0000004,038	&0000000000000441.000000441 sq mi (&0000000000001142.0000001,142 km 2)
Nemaha County	127	Auburn	1854	One of Nine original counties (Formally Forney)	Nimaha, the Oto name meaning miry water for a stream which crossed the county and emptied into the Missouri River	44	&0000000000007576.0000007,576	&0000000000000409.000000409 sq mi (&0000000000001059.0000001,059 km 2)
Nuckolls County	129	Nelson	1860	Un-Organized	Lafayette Nuckolls, a member of the first Nebraska territorial legislature; and his brother, Stephen Nuckolls, a pioneer Nebraska settler, businessman and banker	42	&0000000000005057.0000005,057	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
Otoe County	131	Nebraska City	1854	One of nine Original Counties (Formally Pierce)	Oto (also Otoe) Native American tribe	11	&0000000000015396.00000015,396	&0000000000000616.000000616 sq mi (&0000000000001595.0000001,595 km 2)
Pawnee County	133	Pawnee City	1855	Formed from Richardson County	Pawnee Native American tribe	54	&0000000000003087.0000003,087	&0000000000000432.000000432 sq mi (&0000000000001119.0000001,119 km 2)
Perkins County	135	Grant	1887	Formed from Kieth County	Charles E. Perkins, a president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; or Joseph Perkins, a former resident of Grant, Nebraska	74	&0000000000003200.0000003,200	&0000000000000883.000000883 sq mi (&0000000000002287.0000002,287 km 2)
Phelps County	137	Holdrege	1873	Formed from Kearney County	William Phelps, a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River who is alleged to have settled in the area	37	&0000000000009747.0000009,747	&0000000000000540.000000540 sq mi (&0000000000001399.0000001,399 km 2)
Pierce County	139	Pierce	1856	Formed from Izard County, McNeale County and Un-Organized	Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States	40	&0000000000007857.0000007,857	&0000000000000574.000000574 sq mi (&0000000000001487.0000001,487 km 2)
Platte County	141	Columbus	1856	Formed from Greene and Loup Counties	Platte River which is in turn named for the French word for flat platte	10	&0000000000031662.00000031,662	&0000000000000678.000000678 sq mi (&0000000000001756.0000001,756 km 2)
Polk County	143	Osceola	1856	Formed from York County and Un-Organized	James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States	41	&0000000000005639.0000005,639	&0000000000000439.000000439 sq mi (&0000000000001137.0000001,137 km 2)
Red Willow County	145	McCook	1873	Un-Organized	Red Willow Creek, which runs through the area	48	&0000000000011448.00000011,448	&0000000000000717.000000717 sq mi (&0000000000001857.0000001,857 km 2)
Richardson County	147	Falls City	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	William A. Richardson, a governor of the Nebraska Territory	19	&0000000000009531.0000009,531	&0000000000000554.000000554 sq mi (&0000000000001435.0000001,435 km 2)
Rock County	149	Bassett	1885	Formed from Brown County	Either Rock Creek, which flows in the county; or the rocky condition of the soil in the area	81	&0000000000001756.0000001,756	&0000000000001008.0000001,008 sq mi (&0000000000002611.0000002,611 km 2)
Saline County	151	Wilber	1867	Un-organized	Named for a belief held by the early pioneers that great salt springs and deposits could be found in the area, a hope found to be false	22	&0000000000013843.00000013,843	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
Sarpy County	153	Papillion	1857	Formed from Cass and Douglas Counties	Peter A. Sarpy, a commander of a trading post in the future county	59	&0000000000122595.000000122,595	&0000000000000241.000000241 sq mi (&0000000000000624.000000624 km 2)
Saunders County	155	Wahoo	1856	Formed from Douglas and Lancaster (Formally Calhoun County (1856-1865))	Alvin Saunders, a governor of the Nebraska Territory	6	&0000000000019830.00000019,830	&0000000000000754.000000754 sq mi (&0000000000001953.0000001,953 km 2)
Scotts Bluff County	157	Gering	1888	Formed from Cheyenne County	Named for a towering bluff located in the Scotts Bluff National Monument, named in turn for Hiram Scott, a fur trapper who is alleged to have crawled seventy-five miles with a broken leg before collapsing and dying at the foot of the bluff	21	&0000000000036951.00000036,951	&0000000000000739.000000739 sq mi (&0000000000001914.0000001,914 km 2)
Seward County	159	Seward	1855	Formed from Cass and Pierce Counties (Formally- Greene County)	William Henry Seward, the United States Secretary of State during the 1860s	16	&0000000000016496.00000016,496	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
Sheridan County	161	Rushville	1885	Formed from Sioux County	Philip Henry Sheridan, a general in the American Civil War	61	&0000000000006198.0000006,198	&0000000000002441.0000002,441 sq mi (&0000000000006322.0000006,322 km 2)
Sherman County	163	Loup City	1871	Formed from Buffalo County and Un-Organized	William Tecumseh Sherman, the American Civil War general	56	&0000000000003318.0000003,318	&0000000000000566.000000566 sq mi (&0000000000001466.0000001,466 km 2)
Sioux County	165	Harrison	1877	Un-Organized	Sioux Native American tribe	80	&0000000000001475.0000001,475	&0000000000002067.0000002,067 sq mi (&0000000000005354.0000005,354 km 2)
Stanton County	167	Stanton	1855	Formed from Burt County (Formally Izard County)	Edwin McMasters Stanton, the United States Secretary of War during most of the American Civil War	53	&0000000000006455.0000006,455	&0000000000000430.000000430 sq mi (&0000000000001114.0000001,114 km 2)
Thayer County	169	Hebron	1871	Formed from Jefferson County	John Milton Thayer, the seventh governor of Nebraska	32	&0000000000006055.0000006,055	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
Thomas County	171	Thedford	1887	Un-Organized	George Henry Thomas, a general in the American Civil War	89	&0000000000000729.000000729	&0000000000000713.000000713 sq mi (&0000000000001847.0000001,847 km 2)
Thurston County	173	Pender	1889	Formed form Blackbird County and Omaha Reservation	John Mellen Thurston, a U. S. senator from Nebraska	55	&0000000000007171.0000007,171	&0000000000000394.000000394 sq mi (&0000000000001020.0000001,020 km 2)
Valley County	175	Ord	1871	Un-Organized	Named for the many valleys in the area	47	&0000000000004647.0000004,647	&0000000000000568.000000568 sq mi (&0000000000001471.0000001,471 km 2)
Washington County	177	Blair	1854	One of Nine Original Counties	George Washington, the first president of the United States	29	&0000000000018780.00000018,780	&0000000000000390.000000390 sq mi (&0000000000001010.0000001,010 km 2)
Wayne County	179	Wayne	1867	Un-Organized	Anthony Wayne, the American Revolutionary War general nicknamed "Mad Anthony" by his troops	27	&0000000000009851.0000009,851	&0000000000000444.000000444 sq mi (&0000000000001150.0000001,150 km 2)
Webster County	181	Red Cloud	1867	Un-organized	Daniel Webster, the American statesman	45	&0000000000004061.0000004,061	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
Wheeler County	183	Bartlett	1877	Un-Organized	Daniel H. Wheeler, a secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture	84	&0000000000000886.000000886	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km 2)
York County	185	York	1855	Formed from Cass County, Pierce County and Un-Organized	Named for either York, England, or York County, Pennsylvania	17	&0000000000014598.00000014,598	&0000000000000576.000000576 sq mi (&0000000000001492.0000001,492 km 2)

Former counties of Nebraska:
Clay (1855-64) Formed from Un-organized and dissolved into Gage and Lancaster County.
Jackson (1855-6) Formed from Un-Organized and dissolved to the Fillmore County and Un-Organized.
Johnson (1855-6) Formed from Un-Organized and dissolved to Un-organized
Blackbird (1855-88) Formed from Burt County and dissolved to Thurston County
Loup (1855-6) Formed from Burt and Un-Organized and then dissolved Madison, Monroe and Platte Counties
Jones (1856-66) Formed from Un-Organized and dissolved into Jefferson County.
Grant, Harrison, Jackson, Lynn, Monroe and Taylor counties listed in 1870 (But no proof on where)

Notes

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Nebraska counties by name

Nebraska counties by license plate prefix^[2]

Notes

1. ^ The license plate prefix sequence is derived from the number of vehicles registered in each county in 1922.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Starting with the 2002 license plate series, plates issued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy use an "ABC 123" numbering sequence. Plates with prefixes in those counties are available at additional cost.