Kimball County
Also known as Kimball County, Nebraska, Kimball County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- November 6, 1888
- Named after
- Thomas Lord Kimball
- Seat
- Kimball
- Largest city
- Kimball
- Total
- 952.501 sq mi (2,466.97 km )
- Land
- 951.942 sq mi (2,465.52 km )
- Water
- 0.559 sq mi (1.45 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,391
- Density
- 3.607/sq mi (1.393/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
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Kimball County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,434. and was estimated to be 3,391 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Kimball.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Kimball County was represented by the prefix "71" (as it had the 71st-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).