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Also known as Holt County, Nebraska, Holt County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Nebraska
Founded
January 9, 1862 (created), December 27, 1876 (organized)
Named after
Joseph Holt
Seat
O'Neill
Largest city
O'Neill
Total
2,417.496 sq mi (6,261.29 km )
Land
2,411.851 sq mi (6,246.67 km )
Water
5.645 sq mi (14.62 km ) 0.23%
Estimate 2025
10,067
Density
4.1988/sq mi (1.6212/km )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC−5 ( CDT )
Area code
402 and 531
Congressional district
3rd
Website
holtcounty.nebraska.gov

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Joseph Holt
Located in
Nebraska
Contains
O'Neill
Capital
O'Neill
Population
10127
Area
6262
Shares border with
Antelope County
Official website
www.co.holt.ne.us
Image
Holt County, Nebraska courthouse from W.JPG
Households
4390
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Commons category
Holt County, Nebraska
topic's main category
Category:Holt County, Nebraska
inception
1876-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Holt County, Nebraska
different from
Holt County
water as percent of area
0.2
native label
Holt County
per capita income
31089
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Encyclopedic overview

Holt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,127, and was estimated to be 10,067 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is O'Neill.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Holt County was represented by the prefix "36" (as it had the 36th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holt County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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