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Dawes County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- February 19, 1885
- Named after
- James W. Dawes
- Seat
- Chadron
- Largest city
- Chadron
- Total
- 1,400.976 sq mi (3,628.51 km )
- Land
- 1,396.437 sq mi (3,616.76 km )
- Water
- 4.539 sq mi (11.76 km ) 0.32%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,858
- Density
- 5.871/sq mi (2.267/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- dawescounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8199
- Area
- 3628
- Official website
- www.dawes-county.com
- Image
- Dawes County, Nebraska courthouse from E.JPG
- Households
- 3555
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- Commons category
- Dawes County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1885-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Dawes County
- per capita income
- 25380
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Dawes County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,199, and was estimated to be 7,858 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Chadron.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Dawes County was represented by the prefix "69" (as it had the 69th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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