Tecumseh is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,677 at the 2010 census.

Tecumseh was originally called Frances, and under the latter name was time-honored in 1856. The label of Frances has long been falsely ascribed as the herald of the wife of Col. Richard M Johnson, the namesake of Johnson County. Johnson’s unaided marriage was to Julia Chinn, a common-law spouse. Julia Chinn, was an octoroon slave (one-eighth African, seven-eighths European in ancestry), born into slavery vis-а-vis 1790. Some historians have all the rage the possibility that the legislature expected to proclaim the county seat after Francis Burt, the first Governor of the Nebraska Territory. Shortly after creature founded, the read out was misused to Tecumseh after the Native American Chief said to have been killed by Johnson during the Battle of the Thames. The Nebraska Territorial Legislature expected Tecumseh as the county chair in February 1857.

Tecumseh is located at 40°22′12″N 96°11′30″W / 40.37000°N 96.19167°W / 40.37000; -96.19167 (40.370061, -96.191639). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 1.50 square miles (3.88 km²), all land.

As of the census of 2010, 1,677 people, 722 households, and 447 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,118.0 inhabitants per square mile (431.7/km²). The 887 housing units averaged 591.3 per square mile (228.3/km). The racial makeup of the city was 82.5% White, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 12.9% from extra races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 16.2% of the population.