Hitchcock County | |
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Coordinates: 40°11′N 101°02′W / 40.18°N 101.04°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
Founded | 1873 |
Named for | Phineas Hitchcock |
Seat | Trenton |
Largest village | Culbertson |
Area | |
• Total | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
• Land | 710 sq mi (1,800 km2) |
• Water | 8.5 sq mi (22 km2) 1.2% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,616 |
• Density | 4.0/sq mi (1.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Hitchcock County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,616.[1] Its county seat is Trenton.[2]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Hitchcock County is represented by the prefix 67 (it had the sixty-seventh-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).