Local Wiki
Brown County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 14, 2026- County Board meets
- First and third Tuesday of each month at 5:15 PM Central Time (with daytime committee sessions).
- Meeting location
- Brown County Courthouse, Commissioners' Meeting Room, 148 W. 4th St., Ainsworth, NE 69210.
- County Clerk / Election Commissioner
- Travis D. Hobbs · (402) 387-2705 · travis.hobbs@nejudicial.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://browncountyne.gov/
- Chairman, Board of Commissioners
- Board of Commissioners, 3 members elected by district. Chair: Dennis Bauer, selected annually by the board.
Sources
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Ainsworth Community Schools · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Middle Niobrara NRD · Utility District
- Upper Loup NRD · Utility District
Source: Nebraska Natural Resources District (NRD) — State of Nebraska GIS, county resolved via polygon intersection against Census county boundaries
- Ainsworth · City
- Johnstown · Village
- Long Pine · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024