Cherry County, Nebraska
County in Nebraska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cherry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 5,455.[1] Its county seat is Valentine.[2] The county was named for Lt. Samuel A. Cherry, an Army officer who was stationed at Fort Niobrara and who had been killed in South Dakota in 1881.[3] Cherry County is in the Nebraska Sandhills. It is the largest county in the state at nearly 6,000 square miles (16,000 km2), larger than the state of Connecticut.
Cherry County | |
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Coordinates: 42°32′N 101°07′W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
Founded | 1883 |
Named for | Samuel A. Cherry |
Seat | Valentine |
Largest city | Valentine |
Area | |
• Total | 6,009 sq mi (15,560 km2) |
• Land | 5,960 sq mi (15,400 km2) |
• Water | 49 sq mi (130 km2) 0.8% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,455 |
• Density | 0.91/sq mi (0.35/km2) |
Time zones | |
Eastern part of county | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Western part of county | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
In the Nebraska license plate system, Cherry County is represented by the prefix 66 (it had the 66th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).