Phelps County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Named after
- William Phelps
- Seat
- Holdrege
- Largest city
- Holdrege
- Total
- 540 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 540 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,994
- Density
- 17/sq mi (6.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .phelpscounty .ne .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8968
- Area
- 1400
- Official website
- www.lava345.co
- Image
- Phelps County Courthouse, Holdrege.jpg
- Households
- 3900
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- Commons category
- Phelps County, Nebraska
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Phelps County
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- per capita income
- 31259
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Phelps County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 8,968. Its county seat is Holdrege. The county was formed in 1873, and was named for William Phelps (1808–1889), a steamboat captain and early settler.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Phelps County is represented by the prefix 37 (it had the 37th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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