Falls City is the county seat for Richardson County
Adjacent to Richardson County, Nebraska
Nemaha County(17) ► Pawnee County(13) ► Brown County, Kansas(10) ► Doniphan County, Kansas(33) ► Nemaha County, Kansas(20) ► Holt County, Missouri(3) ►
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The first publicized report of oil in Nebraska was an 1883 newspaper account of a "vein of petroleum" discovered in Richardson County. Over the next 57 years, the search for oil consumed thousands of dollars, and hundreds of wells were drilled . . . — — Map (db m80107) HM
Humboldt was platted in 1868 and the first business on the city square was established in 1869. Town founder O.J. Tinker deeded two acres for a public square in 1871 and Humboldt was incorporated in 1873. The bandstand in the center of the City . . . — — Map (db m177300) HM
