{"id":6001,"date":"2023-07-19T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6001"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:15","slug":"dundy-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dundy-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dundy County, Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dundy County is a county in Nebraska, United States, in the far southwestern corner of the state, bordering both Kansas and Colorado. It had a population of 1,654 at the 2020 census and covers 921 square miles (2,390 km2) centred near 40\u00b011\u2032N 101\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Benkelman is the county seat, and its postal code is 69021. The county has one city, one village, two census-designated places and two unincorporated communities. Dundy County is in the Mountain time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Dundy County<\/h2>\n<p>Dundy County has six populated places on record, plus one former community. Benkelman, the county seat, is the only city; Haigler is the county&#8217;s lone incorporated village. Max and Parks are census-designated places (CDPs) with no municipal government of their own, and Lamont and Sanborn are unincorporated crossroads communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Benkelman<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>821<\/td>\n<td>69021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Haigler<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>145<\/td>\n<td>69030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Parks<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lamont<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sanborn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ough was once a rural post office community in the county but is no longer populated. Older lists of the county sometimes add small trailer-court sites near Benkelman; those are informal residential clusters rather than named communities and are not carried here for lack of an independent source.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>69021 &mdash; Benkelman (also serves the surrounding rural county)<\/li>\n<li>69030 &mdash; Haigler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max, Parks, Lamont and Sanborn have no ZIP code of their own and are served by the Benkelman or Haigler post offices depending on location.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Dundy County sits on the high plains of southwestern Nebraska, a mostly flat-to-rolling landscape of dryland and irrigated farm ground cut by the Republican River and Frenchman Creek. The county is almost entirely rural, with a population density of about 2 people per square mile. It borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/chase-county-nebraska\/\">Chase County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hayes-county\/\">Hayes County<\/a> to the northeast, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hitchcock-county\/\">Hitchcock County<\/a> to the east, all in Nebraska. Colorado counties lie across the state line to the west and Kansas counties lie across the state line to the south.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Dundy County had 1,654 residents at the 2020 census, living in about 773 households, roughly three-quarters of them owner-occupied. Benkelman is by far the largest community, followed by Haigler. The county&#8217;s median household income runs well below the Nebraska median of $74,590, typical of the sparsely populated high-plains counties along the Kansas and Colorado borders. Population density is about 2 people per square mile, among the lowest in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture drives the local economy: dryland and pivot-irrigated wheat, corn and cattle ranching dominate the county&#8217;s land use. Benkelman serves as the county&#8217;s retail, school and government center, home to the Dundy County Hospital and the local school district. Grain elevators along the rail line and farm-supply businesses are the largest private employers outside agriculture itself.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Dundy County was authorized by the Nebraska legislature in 1873 and organized as a functioning county government in 1884. It is named for Elmer Scipio Dundy, a federal judge for the District of Nebraska best known for his 1879 ruling in Standing Bear v. Crook, which held for the first time that a Native American was a &#8220;person&#8221; under U.S. law entitled to habeas corpus rights. The county has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1936.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 34 runs east-west through the county and Nebraska Highways 27 and 61 provide the main north-south routes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McCook, Nebraska &mdash; about 45 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Wray, Colorado &mdash; about 30 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Imperial, Nebraska &mdash; about 30 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Goodland, Kansas &mdash; about 50 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport, roughly 45 miles east of Benkelman.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Dundy County, Nebraska?<\/strong><br \/>It sits in the far southwestern corner of Nebraska, bordering both Colorado and Kansas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Dundy County?<\/strong><br \/>1,654 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Dundy County?<\/strong><br \/>921 square miles (2,390 km2), almost entirely land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Dundy County?<\/strong><br \/>Benkelman, the county&#8217;s only city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Dundy County?<\/strong><br \/>Six populated places are on record: one city, one village, two census-designated places and two unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Dundy County?<\/strong><br \/>69021 (Benkelman) and 69030 (Haigler) are the county&#8217;s ZIP codes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Dundy County named after?<\/strong><br \/>Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. federal judge who ruled in the landmark 1879 Standing Bear v. Crook case.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/nebraska\/\">Towns and villages in Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dundy County is a county in Nebraska, United States, in the far southwestern corner of the state, bordering both Kansas and Colorado. It had a population of 1,654 at the 2020 census and covers 921 square miles (2,390 km2) centred near 40\u00b011\u2032N 101\u00b041\u2032W. Benkelman is the county seat, and its postal code is 69021. 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