Welcome to Blaine County, NE, founded in 1885. In full disclosure, my amateur-historian roommate is helping me with this. He went on a roadtrip across the state of Nebraska over spring break, so he’ll be providing us with some pictures for this countdown. According to the most recent census, Blaine County has a population of 478. Blaine County is the second smallest county by population in Nebraska, and sixth smallest in the United States. It is named after former Presidential candidate in 1876 James G. Blaine.
It is located in the Sandhills, a very unique landscape providing high profits for cattle ranchers featuring a large amount of short to mid-grass prairies.