Cherry County

Also known as Cherry County, Nebraska, Cherry County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: February 23, 1883
Named after: Samuel A. Cherry
Seat: Valentine
Largest city: Valentine
Total: 6,009.595 sq mi (15,564.78 km )
Land: 5,960.099 sq mi (15,436.59 km )
Water: 49.496 sq mi (128.19 km ) 0.82%
Estimate 2025: 5,561
Density: 0.9153/sq mi (0.3534/km )
Eastern part of county: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst

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Cherry County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,455, and was estimated to be 5,561 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Valentine.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Cherry County was represented by the prefix "66" (as it had the 66th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).