[2] In the Nebraska license plate system, Cuming County is represented by the prefix 24 since it had the 24th largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922.

[3][4] It was named for Thomas B. Cuming, the first secretary (and twice Acting Governor) of the newly created Nebraska Territory (1854–1858).

[6] On August 26, 2019, the DHHS announced that West Point's water was unsafe to drink after a year of complaints from citizens of the town.

The maximum safe level of manganese for infants had been exceeded by over 700 micrograms per mL.

School districts include:[15] Cuming County voters are reliably Republican.