Perkins County | |
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Coordinates: 40°50′N 101°40′W / 40.84°N 101.66°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
Founded | 1887 |
Named for | Charles Elliott Perkins |
Seat | Grant |
Largest city | Grant |
Area | |
• Total | 884 sq mi (2,290 km2) |
• Land | 883 sq mi (2,290 km2) |
• Water | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) 0.1% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,858 |
• Density | 3.2/sq mi (1.2/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Perkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,858.[1] Its county seat is Grant.[2]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Perkins County is represented by the prefix 74 (it had the seventy-fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).