
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dawson County, Nebraska.
Official website
Dawson County was established by the territorial legislature in 1860; it officially became a county in 1871 by proclamation of acting Governor William James. The county website states that the county was named for Jacob Dawson, the first postmaster in the settlement of Lancaster County, Nebraska. Other sources offer another possibility: that it was named after Pennsylvania Congressman John Littleton Dawson.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Villages & Communities
- Buffalo
- Cozad
- Darr
- Eddyville
- Farnam
- Gothenburg
- Josselyn
- Lexington (County Seat)
- Overton
- Sumner
- Willow Island
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Dawson County, Nebraska Obituary Collection
