Phelps County

Also known as Phelps County, Nebraska, Phelps County, NE

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

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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).