Kearney County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Named after
- Fort Kearny
- Seat
- Minden
- Largest city
- Minden
- Total
- 516 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Land
- 516 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Water
- 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,790
- Density
- 13.0/sq mi (5.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .kearneycounty .ne .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Fort Kearny
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Minden
- Capital
- Minden
- Population
- 6688
- Area
- 1337
- Shares border with
- Webster County
- Official website
- www.kearneycounty.ne.gov
- Image
- Kearney County, Nebraska courthouse from E 1.JPG
- Households
- 2691
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- water as percent of area
- 0.02
- Commons category
- Kearney County, Nebraska
- native label
- Kearney County
- topic's main category
- Category:Kearney County, Nebraska
- different from
- Kearny County
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- per capita income
- 33784
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Encyclopedic overview
Kearney County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,688. Its county seat is Minden. The county was formed in 1860. It was named for Fort Kearny, which in turn was named for Brigade General Stephen W. Kearny.
Kearney County is part of the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kearney County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.