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Deuel County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Named after
- Harry P. Deuel
- Seat
- Chappell
- Largest city
- Chappell
- Total
- 441 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Land
- 440 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,862
- Density
- 4.2/sq mi (1.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .deuel .ne .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1838
- Area
- 1142
- Official website
- www.co.deuel.ne.us
- Image
- Deuel County, Nebraska courthouse from SE 1.JPG
- Households
- 823
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- Commons category
- Deuel County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Deuel County
- per capita income
- 27998
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Deuel County (/ˈduːəl/) is a county located in the U.S. State of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,838. Its county seat is Chappell. The county was formed in 1889 and named for Harry Porter Deuel, superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Deuel County is represented by the prefix 78 (it had the 78th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).