Box Butte County, Nebraska
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Box Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 10,842.[1] Its county seat is Alliance.[2] The county was formed in 1886; it took its name from a large box-shaped butte north of Alliance.
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Box Butte County | |
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Coordinates: 42°13′N 103°05′W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
Founded | 1886 |
Seat | Alliance |
Largest city | Alliance |
Area | |
• Total | 1,078 sq mi (2,790 km2) |
• Land | 1,075 sq mi (2,780 km2) |
• Water | 2.5 sq mi (6 km2) 0.2% |
Population | |
• Estimate (2021) | 10,604 |
• Density | 10.1/sq mi (3.9/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | boxbuttecounty |
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In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty-fifth largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).