[3][4][5][6] It was first called Izard County until 1862, when it was renamed for Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln.

[7] Stanton County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Stanton County is represented by the prefix 53 (it had the 53rd-greatest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

The terrain of Stanton County consists of low rolling hills, sloped toward the east.

The Elkhorn River flows easterly through the upper central part of the county.