Box Butte County, Nebraska
Box Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 10,842. Its county seat is Alliance. The county was formed in 1886; it took its name from a large box-shaped butte north of Alliance.
Box Butte County | |
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Box Butte County Courthouse in Alliance | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 42°13′N 103°05′W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Seat | Alliance |
| Largest city | Alliance |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,078 sq mi (2,790 km2) |
| • Land | 1,075 sq mi (2,780 km2) |
| • Water | 2.5 sq mi (6 km2) 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2021) | 10,604 |
| • Density | 10.1/sq mi (3.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | boxbuttecounty |
In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty-fifth largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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