Staplehurst is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States.

[4] A family of early settlers being natives of Staplehurst, England, caused the name to be selected.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.3% White, 0.4% African American, and 1.2% from two or more races.

27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 7.4% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.9% of those 65 or over.