Cherry County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- February 23, 1883
- Named after
- Samuel A. Cherry
- Seat
- Valentine
- Largest city
- Valentine
- Total
- 6,009.595 sq mi (15,564.78 km )
- Land
- 5,960.099 sq mi (15,436.59 km )
- Water
- 49.496 sq mi (128.19 km ) 0.82%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,561
- Density
- 0.9153/sq mi (0.3534/km )
- Eastern part of county
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Western part of county
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Area code
- 308 , 402, and 531
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- cherrycountyne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Cherry County – Nebraska
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Encyclopedic overview
Cherry County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,455, and was estimated to be 5,561 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Valentine.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Cherry County was represented by the prefix "66" (as it had the 66th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.