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Gage County, Nebraska
Gage County | |
|---|---|
 Gage County Courthouse in Beatrice, 1976 | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
 Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′N 96°41′W / 40.27°N 96.69°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Founded | 1855 (authorized) 1857 (organized) |
| Seat | Beatrice |
| Largest city | Beatrice |
| Area | |
• Total | 860 sq mi (2,200 km2) |
| • Land | 852 sq mi (2,210 km2) |
| • Water | 8.5 sq mi (22 km2) 1.0% |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2021) | 21,616 |
| • Density | 25.4/sq mi (9.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Gage County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 21,704.[1] Its county seat is Beatrice.[2] The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857.[3][4][5] It was formed from land taken from the Otoe in an 1854 treaty. The county was named for William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as the first chaplain of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature.[6][7]
Gage County comprises the Beatrice, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in the Lincoln-Beatrice, NE Combined Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Gage County is represented by the prefix 3 (it was the county with the third-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
- ^ "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 63. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on January 5, 2003. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "Gage County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ Gage County History (archived)
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 133.
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