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Jefferson County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- January 26, 1856 (founded), 1864 (organized)
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Seat
- Fairbury
- Largest city
- Fairbury
- Total
- 576 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 570 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 5.5 sq mi (14 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,070
- Density
- 13/sq mi (4.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- jeffersoncounty .nebraska .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Fairbury
- Capital
- Fairbury
- Population
- 7240
- Area
- 1491
- Shares border with
- Republic County
- Official website
- www.co.jefferson.ne.us
- Image
- Jefferson County, Nebraska courthouse from E.JPG
- Households
- 3246
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jefferson County, Nebraska
- Commons category
- Jefferson County, Nebraska
- topic's main category
- Category:Jefferson County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1856-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Jefferson County
- topic has template
- Template:Jefferson County, Nebraska
- per capita income
- 28748
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Encyclopedic overview
Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,240. Its county seat is Fairbury. The county was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. In the Nebraska license plate system, Jefferson County is represented by the prefix 33 (it had the thirty-third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jefferson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.