[2] In the Nebraska license plate system, Red Willow County is represented by the prefix 48 (it had the forty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Its stem and branches are deep red in color, and it is favored in basket making.

[3] Red Willow County lies on the south line of Nebraska.

The county terrain consists of rolling hills, sloping to the east.

Red Willow County voters have been reliably Republican for several decades.

In no national election since 1936 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2024), and only five total from 1900 to the present.