Knox County

Also known as Knox County, Nebraska, Knox County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Named after: Henry Knox
Seat: Center
Largest city: Creighton
Total: 1,140 sq mi (3,000 km )
Land: 1,108 sq mi (2,870 km )
Water: 31 sq mi (80 km ) 2.8%
Estimate 2025: 8,335
Density: 7.573/sq mi (2.924/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 3rd

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Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 8,391. Its county seat is Center. Knox County was named for Continental and U.S. Army Major General Henry Knox. In the Nebraska license plate system, Knox County is represented by the prefix 12 (it had the 12th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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