Loup County | |
|---|---|
 Loup County Courthouse in Taylor | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
 Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°56′N 99°27′W / 41.93°N 99.45°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Seat | Taylor |
| Largest village | Taylor |
| Area | |
• Total | 571 sq mi (1,480 km2) |
| • Land | 568 sq mi (1,470 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2) 0.13% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 607 |
| • Density | 1.1/sq mi (0.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Loup County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 607,[1] making it Nebraska's fifth-least populous county and the tenth-least populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Taylor.[2] The county was named after the Pawnee Loup Indians.[3]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Loup County is represented by the prefix 88 (it had the eighty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
- ^ "Loup County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. p. 191.