Boone County

Also known as Boone County, Nebraska, Boone County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: March 1, 1871
Named after: Daniel Boone
Seat: Albion
Largest city: Albion
Total: 687.217 sq mi (1,779.88 km )
Land: 686.530 sq mi (1,778.10 km )
Water: 0.687 sq mi (1.78 km ) 0.10%
Estimate 2025: 5,355
Density: 7.845/sq mi (3.029/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )

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Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,386, and was estimated to be 5,355 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Albion.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Boone County was represented by the prefix "23" (as it had the 23rd-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).