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
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Lexington
- Capital
- Lexington
- Population
- 24111
- Area
- 2640
- Shares border with
- Phelps County
- Official website
- www.dawsoncountyne.net
- Image
- Dawson County, Nebraska courthouse from NW 2.JPG
- Households
- 9007
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- different from
- Dawes County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Dawson County
- Commons category
- Dawson County, Nebraska
- topic's main category
- Category:Dawson County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- per capita income
- 31411
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dawson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.