Welcome to beef country! Cuming County is generally one of, if not the, top cattle producing county in the nation.
The county was formed in 1855 and named after Thomas Cuming, a territorial governor. The population was 9,139 in 2010 and the county seat is West Point. Other towns include Beemer, Wisner, and Bancroft.
Cuming County is home to the John G. Niehardt State Historical Center. Niehardt was born in 1881 and moved to Nebraska at age 11. He graduated from Wayne Normal College at 16, was a published writer by age 19, and Nebraska’s poet laureate at age 40.