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A party of forty men from eastern Nebraska settled near the site of present-day Orleans in August 1870. In 1871, a party from the Wyoming Territory, led by Thomas Harlan, settled near present-day Alma, which was named after a settler's daughter. In that year, Harlan County was separated from Lincoln County by the Nebraska state legislature. Accounts differ as to the county's namesake: either Thomas Harlan, or James Harlan, who was U.S. Secretary of the Interior between 1865 and 1866.
Adjacent Counties
- Franklin County
- Kearney County
- Phelps County
- Phillips County, Kan.
- Furnas County
- Norton County, Kan.
Cities & Villages
- Alma (County Seat
- Huntley
- Orleans
- Oxford (part)
- Ragan
- Republican City
- Stamford
Other Townships & Communities: Albany, Antelope, Eldorado, Emerson, Fairfield, Madcot, Mullally, Oxford Junction, Prairie Dog, Reuben, Sappa, Scandinavia, Spring Grove, Turkey Creek and Washington
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