Blaine County
Also known as Blaine County, Nebraska, Blaine County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- March 5, 1885 (created), 1886 (organized)
- Named after
- James G. Blaine
- Seat
- Brewster
- Largest village
- Dunning
- Total
- 714.337 sq mi (1,850.12 km )
- Land
- 710.702 sq mi (1,840.71 km )
- Water
- 3.635 sq mi (9.41 km ) 0.51%
- Density
- 0.606/sq mi (0.234/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Blaine County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 431, and was estimated to be 458 in 2025, making it the third-least populous county in Nebraska and the seventh-least populous in the United States. The county seat is Brewster and the largest village is Dunning.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Blaine County was represented by the prefix "86" (as it had the 86th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).