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Welcome to Cedar County ...

Time Zone: Cedar County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Hartington is the Seat for Cedar County.

Cedar County was founded in 1857. Cedar was created by taking area from Dixon and Pierce Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Cedar had a population of 8,402 people. This is a decrease of 4.73% since the last Census (which gave a population of 8,819 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cedar represented 0.48% of the total population of Nebraska.

Below are some of the communities located in Cedar County:

  • Belden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Belden is located in Cedar County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belden <2>
  • Coleridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fordyce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartington
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Laurel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel is located in Cedar County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <2>
  • Magnet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Obert
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Obert is located in Cedar County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Randolph
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Helena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Wynot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Wynot is located in Cedar County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wynot <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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