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Stanton County, Nebraska
Stanton County | |
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_from_S_4.JPG) Stanton County courthouse in Stanton | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
 Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°55′N 97°11′W / 41.92°N 97.19°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Founded | 1856 (founded as "Izard County") 1862 (renamed "Stanton County") 1867 (organized) |
| Named for | Edwin M. Stanton |
| Seat | Stanton |
| Largest city | Stanton |
| Area | |
• Total | 431 sq mi (1,120 km2) |
| • Land | 428 sq mi (1,110 km2) |
| • Water | 3.1 sq mi (8 km2) 0.7% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,842 |
| • Density | 14/sq mi (5.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
Stanton County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 5,842.[1] Its county seat is Stanton.[2] The county was formed in 1856 and organized in 1867.[3][4][5][6] It was first called Izard County until 1862, when it was renamed for Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln.[7]
Stanton County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Stanton County is represented by the prefix 53 (it had the 53rd-greatest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
- ^ "Stanton County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 137. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey Reconnaissance Survey Final Report of Stanton County, Nebraska" (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. June 1, 1988. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on April 29, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "stanton County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Burr, George L. (1921). History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Vol. 1. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 139.
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