Lincoln County, Nebraska
38 public bodies govern here, 6 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 33,802
- Median household income
- $65,148
- ±4,966
- Unemployed
- 3.6%
- 636 of 17,502 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 89.5%
- 13,332 of 14,890 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Lincoln | 34,133 (2021) | 31 N Jeffers St, North Platte | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 7
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of North Platte | 22,978 (2021) | 211 W 3rd St, North Platte | Website |
| Village of Brady | 382 (2021) | Po Box 153, Brady | — |
| Village of Hershey | 645 (2021) | Po Box 353, Hershey | — |
| Village of Maxwell | 256 (2021) | Po Box 58, Maxwell | — |
| Village of Sutherland | 1,274 (2021) | Po Box 277, Sutherland | Website |
| Village of Wallace | 314 (2021) | Po Box 40, Wallace | — |
| Village of Wellfleet | 72 (2021) | Po Box 85, Wellfleet | — |
Special districts 30
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Platte Airport Authority | Air transportation | Po Box 1517, North Platte | Website |
| Ash Grove Wellfleet Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 866 E Somerset Rd, Wellfleet | — |
| Brady Cemetery District | Cemeteries | Po Box 24, Brady | — |
| Dickens Rural Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 41768 S Dickens Rd, Dickens | — |
| Farnam Cemetery District | Cemeteries | Box 36, Farnam | — |
| Garfield Rural Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 7714 W State Farm Rd, North Platte | — |
| Gaslin Rural Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 17566 W Pawnee Rd, Brady | — |
| Miriam Rural Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 7782 E Watts Rd, North Platte | — |
| Morning View Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 319 East Rodney Street, Wallace | — |
| Peckham Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 41516 E Banner Rd, Gothenburg | — |
| Plainview Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 12180 S Plainview Rd, Maxwell | — |
| Riverside Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 25725 W Suburban Rd, Hershey | — |
| Sutherland Cemetery District | Cemeteries | Po Box 485, Sutherland | — |
| Lincoln County Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 11613 W Highway 30, North Platte | — |
| Lincoln County Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 600 Paxton Ct, Hershey | — |
| Lincoln County Hospital Authority 1 | Hospitals | 601 W Leota St, North Platte | Website |
| Sutherland Hospital District | Hospitals | Po Box 773, Sutherland | — |
| North Platte Housing Authority | Housing and community development | 900 Autumn Park Dr, North Platte | — |
| Sutherland Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 247, Sutherland | — |
| Birdwood Irrigation District | Irrigation | 25362 W North River Rd, Hershey | — |
| Keith Lincoln Counties Irrigation District | Irrigation | Po Box 308, Sutherland | — |
| Platte Valley Irrigation District | Irrigation | Po Box 572, Sutherland | — |
| Suburban Irrigation District | Irrigation | 11613 W Highway 30, North Platte | — |
| Brady Rural Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 219 East Commercial Street, Brady Ne | — |
| Hershey Rural Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 119 Railroad ST., Hershey | — |
| Maxwell Fire District | Local fire protection | Po Box 235, Maxwell | — |
| Maywood Wellfleet Fire District | Local fire protection | Po Box 205, Maywood | — |
| North Platte Rural Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 715 S Jeffers St, North Platte | — |
| Sutherland Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 28042 W Power Rd, Sutherland | — |
| Wallace Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | P.o. Box 245, Wallace | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
BRADY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School district2 schools
112 E POPLETON AVE, Brady, NE, 69123
HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School district2 schools
301 S LINCOLN, Hershey, NE, 69143
MAXWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School district2 schools
415 E HWY 30, Maxwell, NE, 69151
NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School district11 schools
301 WEST F, North Platte, NE, 69101
SUTHERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School district2 schools
401 WALNUT, Sutherland, NE, 69165
WALLACE PUBLIC SCH DIST 65 R
School district2 schools
151 N WALLACE RD, Wallace, NE, 69169
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Market on the Square (BrokenkBow) (Broken Bow)
Gothenburg Farmers Market (1001 Lake Ave Gothenburg) · Lexington Farmers Market (407 E. 6th Street Lexington) · Cozad Grand Generation Center (Cozad)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.