Sheridan County
Also known as Sheridan County, Nebraska, Sheridan County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- February 25, 1885
- Named after
- Philip Sheridan
- Seat
- Rushville
- Largest city
- Gordon
- Total
- 2,469.736 sq mi (6,396.59 km )
- Land
- 2,440.170 sq mi (6,320.01 km )
- Water
- 29.566 sq mi (76.58 km ) 1.20%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,809
- Density
- 2.101/sq mi (0.8112/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
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Sheridan County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,127, and was estimated to be 4,809 in 2025. The county seat is Rushville and the largest city is Gordon.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Sheridan County was represented by the prefix "61" (as it had the 61st-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).