Hitchcock County | |
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_courthouse_from_SW.JPG) Hitchcock County courthouse in Trenton | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
 Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| 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).
- ^ "US Census Bureau". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.