Formed January 1, 1888 (82nd county)
Banner County (674), Harrisburg* (99)
The tan brick and concrete Modern building was erected in 1957. The facility is on State Street between Illinois and Pennsylvania streets. Nebraska State Highway Spur 4A is State Street is this small community. Robert W. Ditzen provided the building designs. There was an 1890 wooden courthouse before this one also in Harrisburg, the only county seat. The county was formed on January 1, 1888 from Cheyenne County as the 82nd county. The county’s name was settlers attempt to lure more settlers into the “banner county of Nebraska.” Harrisburg was named for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Banner County government consists of a sheriff, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Four District Court Judges and Five County Court Judges serve Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux counties (judicial.) Banner County is on the western border with Wyoming. Scottsbluff, Nebraska is directly north and Cheyenne, Wyoming is southwest of the county. The county center is 10.1 miles Southeast of Harrisburg. The county is surrounded clockwise by Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Cheyenne, and Kimball counties and Wyoming.
The area of the county is 746 square miles. It is 30 out of 93 in the state. It ranks 87 out of 93 in population in the state. It has a density of 0.9 persons per square mile making it 88 out of 93 in the state. Banner County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. The county is a rectangle. Harrisburg is located near the center of the county. Harrisburg is the county seat and the largest populated area although it is not incorporated. It is 14.7% of the county population. This county is in the Scottsbluff Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Harrisburg (unincorporated)
