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Welcome to Seward County ...

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

The community of Seward is the Seat for Seward County.

Seward County was founded in 1855.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Seward had a population of 17,284 people. This is an increase of 2.89% since the last Census (which gave a population of 16,799 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Seward represented 0.92% of the total population of Nebraska.

Below are some of the communities located in Seward County:

  • Beaver Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bee is located in Seward County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <2>
  • Cordova
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Garland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goehner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Milford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford is located in Seward County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>
  • Pleasant Dale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seward
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Seward is located in Seward County (NE)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <2>
  • Staplehurst
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Utica
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Utica is located in Seward County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 786 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <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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