{"id":6004,"date":"2023-07-19T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:36:35","slug":"fillmore-county-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/fillmore-county-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Fillmore County, Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fillmore County is a county in Nebraska, United States, on the fertile plains south of the Platte Valley. It had a population of 5,551 at the 2020 census and covers 577 square miles (1,490 km2), of which 575 square miles are land and 1.2 square miles are water, centred near 40°31′N 97°36′W.<\/p>\n

Geneva is the county seat, and its postal code is 68361. The county has one city and seven villages, plus a handful of unincorporated crossroads communities. Fillmore County sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 31059.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Fillmore County<\/h2>\n

Fillmore County has eight incorporated places — one city and seven villages — along with a few small unincorporated communities that never grew past a grain elevator or a rail siding. The table below lists Type as City · seat<\/strong>, Village<\/strong>, or Unincorp.<\/strong> for places with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nGeneva<\/td>\n2,136<\/td>\n68361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nExeter-Fairmont<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairmont<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nExeter-Fairmont<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grafton<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nGrafton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68365<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milligan<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohiowa<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shickley<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strang<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWest Blue<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68444<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bixby<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlisle<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Exeter and Fairmont share a single consolidated township (Exeter-Fairmont), a merger carried over from the county’s original 16-township survey grid. No confusable place names or county-line straddlers occur elsewhere in Fillmore County.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Fillmore County is divided into 15 civil townships, most named for early settlers or for the villages that grew up inside them. Verified 2020 township-level population figures are not published in a form this page can cite, so the Pop. column is omitted rather than guessed.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Belle Prairie<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bennett<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bryant<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chelsea<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter-Fairmont<\/td>\nExeter, Fairmont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geneva<\/td>\nGeneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glengary<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grafton<\/td>\nGrafton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamilton<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liberty<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madison<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Momence<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanton<\/td>\nShickley area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Blue<\/td>\nStrang area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n