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Antelope County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- March 1, 1871 (created), June 15, 1871 (organized)
- Named after
- Pronghorn antelope
- Seat
- Neligh
- Largest city
- Neligh
- Total
- 858.592 sq mi (2,223.74 km )
- Land
- 857.157 sq mi (2,220.03 km )
- Water
- 1.435 sq mi (3.72 km ) 0.17%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,352
- Density
- 7.344/sq mi (2.836/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- antelopecounty.nebraska.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- pronghorn
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Capital
- Neligh
- Population
- 6295
- Area
- 2223
- Shares border with
- Madison County
- Headquarters
- Neligh
- Official website
- www.co.antelope.ne.us
- Image
- Antelope County Courthouse (Nebraska) from W 2.JPG
- Households
- 2725
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Antelope County, Nebraska
- topic's main category
- Category:Antelope County, Nebraska
- Commons category
- Antelope County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Antelope County
- per capita income
- 27217
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Encyclopedic overview
Antelope County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,295, and was estimated to be 6,352 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Neligh. The Ashfall Fossil Beds National Natural Landmark is located within the county.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Antelope County was represented by the prefix "26" (as it had the 26th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antelope County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.