Sherman County

Also known as Sherman County, Nebraska, Sherman County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: 1870 (founded), 1872 (organized)
Named after: William Tecumseh Sherman
Seat: Loup City
Largest city: Loup City
Total: 572 sq mi (1,480 km )
Land: 566 sq mi (1,470 km )
Water: 5.8 sq mi (15 km ) 1.0%
Estimate 2025: 2,924
Density: 5.23/sq mi (2.02/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
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Sherman County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,959. Its county seat is Loup City. The county was created in 1870, and was organized in 1872. It was named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Sherman County is represented by the prefix 56 (it had the fifty-sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).