Cherry County, Nebraska
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. Its county seat is Valentine. 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. 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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Cherry County Courthouse in Valentine | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| 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).
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