Dawson County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- January 11, 1860 (created), July 11, 1871 (organized)
- Named after
- Jacob Dawson
- Seat
- Lexington
- Largest city
- Lexington
- Total
- 1,019.433 sq mi (2,640.32 km )
- Land
- 1,013.786 sq mi (2,625.69 km )
- Water
- 5.647 sq mi (14.63 km ) 0.55%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,452
- Density
- 23.783/sq mi (9.1827/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- dawsoncountyne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 24111
- Area
- 2640
- Official website
- www.dawsoncountyne.net
- Image
- Dawson County, Nebraska courthouse from NW 2.JPG
- Households
- 9007
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- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Dawson County
- Commons category
- Dawson County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- per capita income
- 31411
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Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,111, and was estimated to be 24,452 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Lexington.
Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE micropolitan area.
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