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Dawson was originally known as Noraville, and under the latter name was platted in 1872 when the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was extended to that point. [5] The name Noraville caused considerable strife among the town's residents, who insisted on calling their town Dawson, after Joshua Dawson, an early settler.
Dawson County lies near the center of Nebraska, in the portion of the state that observes Central Time. According to the US Census Bureau , the county has an area of 1,019 square miles (2,640 km 2 ), of which 1,013 square miles (2,620 km 2 ) is land and 6.3 square miles (16 km 2 ) (0.6%) is water.
Nebraska has 93 counties.They are listed below by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix. Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.. When many counties were formed, the bills establishing them did not state the honoree's full name; thus the namesakes of several counties, including Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan, are known only by their surnames.
The Dawson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at 700 North Washington Street, between 7th and 8th streets in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska Dawson County, Nebraska. It was built during 1913-14 and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
Cozad is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States.The population was 3,977 at the 2010 census.The town is on the Great Plains of central Nebraska, along the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Route 30, just north of the Platte River.
In the 2001 redistricting, District 36 lost all of its area in Sherman County and also the southwest corner of Dawson County. [27] In the 2011 redistricting, it regained all of Dawson County, lost all but a northern section of Buffalo County, and added all of the sizeable Custer County. [28]
Lexington is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10,348 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th most populous city in Nebraska. [4] It is the county seat of Dawson County. [5] Lexington is located in southern Nebraska, on the Platte River, southeast of North Platte.
This is the list of country courthouses in Nebraska; for federal ones, ... Dawson County Courthouse† Dawson: Lexington 1913-14 Beaux-Arts. Deuel ...