Emerson is a village in Dakota, Dixon, and Thurston counties in Nebraska, United States. The population was 840 at the 2010 census. Emerson is the only community in Nebraska that exists in three counties.

Dixon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 5,606. Its county seat is Ponca. The county was created in 1856 and attached to Dakota County. It was organized in 1858.