Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is a county level police agency operating in Lincoln County, Nebraska. The office of sheriff in Nebraska is an elected one. The first sheriff elected in Lincoln County was O. O. Austin, elected at Cottonood Springs by 21 voters in October 1867. Much of the first sheriff's two-year term was spent with the newly incorporated Lincoln County's first court case, State of Nebraska vs. John Burley. A few of the early sheriffs were professional lawmen.