Box Butte County
Also known as Box Butte County, Nebraska, Box Butte County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- November 2, 1886
- Seat
- Alliance
- Largest city
- Alliance
- Total
- 1,077.908 sq mi (2,791.77 km )
- Land
- 1,075.233 sq mi (2,784.84 km )
- Water
- 2.675 sq mi (6.93 km ) 0.25%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,494
- Density
- 10.083/sq mi (3.8932/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
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Box Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,842, and was estimated to be 10,494 in 2025. The county seat and largest city is Alliance.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County was represented by the prefix "65" (as it had the 65th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).