Rock County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- November 6, 1888
- Named after
- Rock Creek , or its rocky soil
- Seat
- Bassett
- Largest city
- Bassett
- Total
- 1,011.693 sq mi (2,620.27 km )
- Land
- 1,008.291 sq mi (2,611.46 km )
- Water
- 3.402 sq mi (8.81 km ) 0.34%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,259
- Density
- 1.252/sq mi (0.4833/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- rockcountynebraska.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1262
- Area
- 2621
- Official website
- rockcountyne.gov
- Image
- Rock County, Nebraska courthouse from W.JPG
- Households
- 617
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- Commons category
- Rock County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1888-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Rock County
- per capita income
- 33216
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Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,262, and was estimated to be 1,259 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Bassett.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Rock County was represented by the prefix "81" (as it had the 81st-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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