Communities
Welcome to Seward County – home to ten beautiful communities.
Interested in visiting? Check out the Seward County Visitor Bureau website for lodging, dining, and fun!

Beaver Crossing
Located 12 minutes from Interstate 80, Beaver Crossing is home to just over 400 people. This community has several businesses making it a great place to visit or move.


Bee
The Village of Bee is a small farming community that roughly 200 residents call home. The Village hosts a Central Valley Ag Coop location, a United States Post Office, a bar famous miles around for its year-round Friday fish fry, a historic ballroom, and a Catholic church.
Cordova
Cordova is a village of 148 people located 23 miles east and south from York, Nebraska or 40 miles west from Lincoln.


Garland
Located 15 miles north of Interstate 80, Garland is defined less by boundaries on a map than by the sense of shared values our residents hold dear. Small town values, guided growth, preservation of historical, cultural, and natural heritage are just a few of the core principles that makes Village of Garland a wonderful place to call home.
Goehner
Established in 1887, Goehner offers small town living just off interstate 80 and five miles to highway 34.


Milford
Milford is a clean, friendly community with all the benefits of small town living, yet less than twenty miles from the city of Lincoln, our state’s capital. Milford is just three miles south of Interstate 80 for quick access to both Lincoln and Omaha.
- Visit Website
- Visit Milford Chamber of Commerce Website
- Milford Public Schools
- Southeast Community College
Pleasant Dale
Pleasant Dale was incorporated in 1882 and is located in Seward County, Nebraska, on Hwy 103, approximately 3 miles south of Interstate 80.


Seward
As the County Seat of Seward County, Seward is also named Nebraska’s Fourth of July City! Seward is also host to other festivals and is a popular destination for many.
- Visit Website
- Seward Public Schools
- Several private elementary schools
- Concordia University, Nebraska
- St Gregory the Great Seminary
Staplehurst
With a population of about 250, Staplehurst has kept the tradition of summer celebrations. These include movies in the park, ice cream socials, kite flying contests, baseball and softball games in an improved ball park, and a “Fun Day.”


Utica
Utica is a thriving community where your business will grow. It is situated north of Interstate 80 and is an easy 45 minute drive to downtown Lincoln.
- Visit Website
- Utica Commercial Club
- Centennial Public Schools