Saunders County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- January 26, 1856 (created), October 8, 1867 (organized)
- Named after
- Alvin Saunders
- Seat
- Wahoo
- Largest city
- Wahoo
- Total
- 759.820 sq mi (1,967.92 km )
- Land
- 748.703 sq mi (1,939.13 km )
- Water
- 11.117 sq mi (28.79 km ) 1.46%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,702
- Density
- 29.755/sq mi (11.489/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- saunderscounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Saunders County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is a strong producer of corn and soybeans. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,278, and was estimated to be 23,702 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Wahoo.
Saunders County is included in the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saunders County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.