Gage County, Nebraska
Gage County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 21,704. Its county seat is Beatrice. The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. It was formed from land taken from the Otoe in an 1854 treaty. The county was named for William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as the first chaplain of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature.
Gage County | |
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Gage County Courthouse in Beatrice, 1976 | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′N 96°41′W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1855 (authorized) 1857 (organized) |
| Seat | Beatrice |
| Largest city | Beatrice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 860 sq mi (2,200 km2) |
| • Land | 852 sq mi (2,210 km2) |
| • Water | 8.5 sq mi (22 km2) 1.0% |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2021) | 21,616 |
| • Density | 25.4/sq mi (9.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Gage County comprises the Beatrice, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in the Lincoln-Beatrice, NE Combined Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Gage County is represented by the prefix 3 (it had the third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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