Wheeler County

Also known as Wheeler County, Nebraska, Wheeler County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: February 17, 1877 (created), April 11, 1881 (organized)
Named after: Daniel H. Wheeler
Seat: Bartlett
Largest village: Bartlett
Total: 575.592 sq mi (1,490.78 km )
Land: 575.183 sq mi (1,489.72 km )
Water: 0.409 sq mi (1.06 km ) 0.07%
Density: 1.35/sq mi (0.520/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district

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Wheeler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 774, and was estimated to be 789 in 2025. The county seat and the largest village is Bartlett.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Wheeler County was represented by the prefix "84" (as it had the 84th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).