Local Wiki
Hayes County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 14, 2026- County Board meets
- Second Tuesday of each month at 8:30 AM Central Time.
- Meeting location
- Hayes County Courthouse, Board Room, 1st Floor, 505 Troth Street, Hayes Center, NE 69032.
- County Clerk / Election Commissioner
- Susan Messersmith · (308) 286-3413 · clerk@hayescounty.ne.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://hayescounty.ne.gov/board_meetings/agenda.aspx
- Chairman, Board of Commissioners
- Board of Commissioners, 3 members elected by district. Chair: Wayne Christner (District 3), selected 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.
- Hayes Center Public Schools · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Middle Republican NRD · Utility District
Source: Nebraska Natural Resources District (NRD) — State of Nebraska GIS, county resolved via polygon intersection against Census county boundaries
- Hamlet · Village
- Hayes Center · Village
- Palisade (official website, opens in a new tab) · Village
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