Local Wiki
Cedar County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 14, 2026- County Board meets
- Second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8:30 AM.
- Meeting location
- Cedar County Courthouse, 101 South Broadway Avenue, Hartington, NE 68739.
- County Clerk / Election Commissioner
- Jessica Schmit · (402) 254-7411 · Jessica.Schmit@cedarcountyne.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://cedarcountyne.gov/board-meetings
- Chairman, Board of Commissioners
- Board of Commissioners, 3 members elected by district (Districts 1-3). Chairman: Dick Donner (District 3), elected annually by the board.
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.
Cities (3)
- Hartington
- Laurel
- Randolph
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
Villages (7)
- Belden
- Coleridge (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Fordyce
- Magnet
- Obert
- St. Helena
- Wynot
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (4)
- Hartington Newcastle Public Schools
- Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School
- Randolph Public Schools
- Wynot Public Schools
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Water & utility districts (2)
- Lewis & Clark NRD
- Lower Elkhorn NRD
Source: Nebraska Natural Resources District (NRD) — State of Nebraska GIS, county resolved via polygon intersection against Census county boundaries