[2] The county was formed in 1858; it was named for Augustus Hall, an early judge of this territory.

[3] Hall County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Hall County is represented by the prefix 8.

As of the 2000 United States Census,[18] there were 53,534 people, 20,356 households, and 14,086 families in the county.

Hall County has been a Republican Party stronghold for most of its history at the presidential level.

In only four presidential elections from 1880 to the present has a Democratic Party candidate carried the county, the most recent being Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.