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Sarpy County, Nebraska
Sarpy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,604, and was estimated to be 208,303 in 2025, making it the third-most populous county in Nebraska. The county seat is Papillion and the largest city is Bellevue.
Sarpy County is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metropolitan area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Sarpy County was represented by the prefix "59" (as it had the 59th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state discontinued the 1922 system in the three most populous counties: Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy Counties. Many license plates issued in Sarpy County featured the stacked format of the 59 code. The county, just south of Omaha, had grown significantly in population in the decades following 1922 and therefore required five characters rather than the four allowed by a standard double-digit county code.
This was part of the territory of the Omaha people. Explored in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark expedition following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 by the United States, this area was settled by European-American fur traders, adventurers, farmers, and finally, entrepreneurs. All initially depended on the Missouri River as a main transportation corridor and source of water. Sarpy County has served as the springboard for Nebraska's settlement and expansion. The county is named for Peter Sarpy, an early fur trader at Fontenelle's Post in the Bellevue area in the 1840s. He also had Sarpy's post in what became Decatur; Sarpy died in Plattsmouth in 1865.
The area of present Sarpy County was a part of Douglas County until February 7, 1857, when the Territorial Legislature partitioned off that county's southern half and proclaimed it a separate organization.
The Omaha people were forced onto a reservation in the 19th century, losing most of their land to the United States who then opened it for settlement by non-Native Americans who were U.S. citizens or immigrants from certain (mostly European) countries.
Fort Crook, the U.S. Army post south of Bellevue, was established in the 1890s and added Offutt Field in the 1920s. Its Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant produced over two thousand aircraft during World War II, including the notable B-29's Enola Gay and Bockscar. Offutt Air Force Base was the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War and continues as the home of U.S. Strategic Command.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 247.528 square miles (641.09 km2), of which 238.005 square miles (616.43 km2) is land and 9.523 square miles (24.66 km2) (3.85%) is water. It is the smallest county in Nebraska by total area.
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Sarpy County, Nebraska
Sarpy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,604, and was estimated to be 208,303 in 2025, making it the third-most populous county in Nebraska. The county seat is Papillion and the largest city is Bellevue.
Sarpy County is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metropolitan area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Sarpy County was represented by the prefix "59" (as it had the 59th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state discontinued the 1922 system in the three most populous counties: Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy Counties. Many license plates issued in Sarpy County featured the stacked format of the 59 code. The county, just south of Omaha, had grown significantly in population in the decades following 1922 and therefore required five characters rather than the four allowed by a standard double-digit county code.
This was part of the territory of the Omaha people. Explored in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark expedition following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 by the United States, this area was settled by European-American fur traders, adventurers, farmers, and finally, entrepreneurs. All initially depended on the Missouri River as a main transportation corridor and source of water. Sarpy County has served as the springboard for Nebraska's settlement and expansion. The county is named for Peter Sarpy, an early fur trader at Fontenelle's Post in the Bellevue area in the 1840s. He also had Sarpy's post in what became Decatur; Sarpy died in Plattsmouth in 1865.
The area of present Sarpy County was a part of Douglas County until February 7, 1857, when the Territorial Legislature partitioned off that county's southern half and proclaimed it a separate organization.
The Omaha people were forced onto a reservation in the 19th century, losing most of their land to the United States who then opened it for settlement by non-Native Americans who were U.S. citizens or immigrants from certain (mostly European) countries.
Fort Crook, the U.S. Army post south of Bellevue, was established in the 1890s and added Offutt Field in the 1920s. Its Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant produced over two thousand aircraft during World War II, including the notable B-29's Enola Gay and Bockscar. Offutt Air Force Base was the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War and continues as the home of U.S. Strategic Command.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 247.528 square miles (641.09 km2), of which 238.005 square miles (616.43 km2) is land and 9.523 square miles (24.66 km2) (3.85%) is water. It is the smallest county in Nebraska by total area.
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